Quatremere de Quincy's Moral Considerations on the Place and Purpose of Works of Art - Introduction and Translation (Hardcover)

Antoine Chrysostome Quatremere de Quincy (1755-1849) was the most important Neoclassical art historian in the generation after Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768). It is difficult now to appreciate his importance, due in part to the lack of translations of his 21 published books: three were rendered into English in the 19th century, and one in the 21st. The Moral Considerations has long been considered the most shattering polemic against public museums ever written. But I will show that Quatremere's polemic was aimed, not against museums per se, but rather against the imperialist and secularist curatorial purposes of Parisian museums in the age of Revolution. His Neoclassical commitments maintained the centrality of religion, and of incarnation, to any proper understanding of the place and purpose of the fine arts.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Body and Religion
Release date:	July 2021
Translators:	Louis A. Ruprecht
Dimensions:	227 x 163 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-1-79364-219-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
LSN:	1-79364-219-2
Barcode:	9781793642196

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