Beauty and Art - 1750-2000 (Paperback)

What do we mean when we call a work of art `beautiful`? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have been called beautiful, and why? Fundamental and intriguing questions to artists and art lovers, but ones that are all too often ignored in discussions of art today. Prettejohn argues that we simply cannot afford to ignore these questions. Charting over two hundred years of western art, she illuminates the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art, from the works of Kauffman to Whistler, Ingres to Rossetti, Cezanne to Jackson Pollock, and concludes with a challenging question for the future: why should we care about beauty in the twenty-first century?

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford History of Art
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	June 2005
Authors:	Elizabeth Prettejohn
Dimensions:	239 x 169 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-280160-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Pre-Raphaelite art Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Art Nouveau Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-280160-0
Barcode:	9780192801609

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