The World Created in the Image of Man - The Conflict between Pictorial Form and Space in Defiance of the Law of Temporality (Hardcover, New edition)

The World Created in the Image of Man investigates the development of the third dimension in painting from the dramatic moment when spatial construction becomes charged with an external force antagonistic to the effort of forms, or human figures, to preserve their permanence. The competitive contact between the external and internal worlds represented in the picture brings a vital element to the unfolding of art as it occurs in both the West and the East. As the analysis of masterpieces from different historical periods and cultures demonstrates here, this vital impulse becomes a necessary part of pictorial composition and the measure of the quality of the work of art. It can reveal itself in a limitless and disparate variety of subject matter: a scene from Japanese court life, as depicted in the illustrations of the early twelfth century to the novel The Tale of Genji; a representation of the maternal feeling of the Virgin anticipating the fate of her child in Byzantine icon painting; Raphael's "universal interior" in The School of Athens; Rembrandt's allegory of historic continuity in Aristotle with the Bust of Homer. The progression of this dynamic eventually leads to the surrender of form to space with the Impressionists; and to the conclusion of the book, which considers Postmodern art in the form of the installation, where the emphasis is put on the unprecedented role of the viewer as a component of the work, and which suggests an environment that is totally alien, or even hostile to him. Art historians, students of art history and the educated general reader with an interest in painting will find this book a rewarding and stimulating read.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	2010
Authors:	Vladimir Brodsky
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	125
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-0779-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Oriental art Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > Baroque art Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > Renaissance art > General
LSN:	1-4331-0779-1
Barcode:	9781433107795

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