The New Vienna School of Art History - Fulfilling the Promise of Analytic Holism (Hardcover)

This book is an account of the theory and practice of practitioners of the so-called "second" or "younger" Viennese school associated with Hans Sedlmayr and Otto Pacht and their short-lived journal, Kunstwissenschaftliche Forschungen. It demonstrates the strong dependence of these writers on the work of Gestalt psychology which was emerging at the time. Gestalt theory emerges as the master key to interpreting Sedlmayr and Pacht's ideas about art and history and how it affected their practices. This fresh interpretive apparatus casts light on the power and originality of Sedlmayr's and Pacht's theoretical and empirical writings, revealing a practice-based approach to history that is more attuned to the visuality of art. Verstegen demonstrates the existence of a genealogy of Vienna formalism coursing throughout most of the twentieth century, encompassing Johannes Wilde and his students at the Courtauld as well as Otto Demus in Byzantine studies. By bringing Gestalt theory to the surface, he dispels misunderstandings about the Vienna School theory and attains a deeper understanding of the promise that a Gestalt analytic holism - a non-intuitionist account of the relational logic of sense - is offered.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Refractions
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	Ian Verstegen
Format:	Hardcover - Unsewn / adhesive bound
ISBN-13:	978-1-4744-8976-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4744-8976-1
Barcode:	9781474489768

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