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Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.: Principles of Art History : The Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art by Heinrich Wölfflin (1950, Trade Paperback)

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What are the fundamental differences between classic and baroque art? Is there a pattern underlying the seemingly helter-skelter development of art in different cultures and at different times? What causes our entirely different reactions to precisely the same painting or to the same painter? In this now-classic treatise, published originally in Germany in the early 1920s, Professor W lfflin provides an objective set of criteria to answer these and related questions. Examining such factors as style, quality, and mode of representation in terms of five opposed dynamisms (the linear vs. painterly, plane vs. recession, closed vs. open form, multiplicity vs. unity, and clearness vs. unclearness), the author analyzes the work of 64 major artists, delving even into sculpture and architecture. 150 illustrations of the work of Botticelli, van Cleve, Durer, Holbein, Brueghel, Bouts, Hals, Rembrandt, Velasquez, Titian, Vermeer, and other major figures accompany Professor W lfflin's brilliant contributions to the methodology of art criticism. Whether you teach art, study it, or want to understand it purely for your own enjoyment, this epoch-making study will certainly increase your comprehension of and pleasure in the world's art heritage.

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PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486202763

ISBN-139780486202761

eBay Product ID (ePID)162740

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Book TitlePrinciples of Art History : the Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1950

TopicHistory / General

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorHeinrich Wölfflin

Book SeriesDover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight13.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Dewey Decimal709

Lc Classification NumberN5300.W82

Table of ContentPREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION FOREWORD TO THE SEVENTH EDITION LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTION The Double Root of Style The Most General Representational Forms Imitation and Decoration I. LINEAR AND PAINTERLY General "Linear (Draughtsmanly, Plastic) and Painterly" Tactile and Visual Picture "The "Picturesque" and its Opposite" Synthesis Historical and National Characteristics Drawing Painting Painting and Drawing-Examples Sculpture General Remarks-Examples Architecture General Remarks II. PLANE AND RECESSION Painting General Remarks The Characteristic Motives Subject Matter Historical and National Characteristics Sculpture Architecture III. CLOSED AND OPEN FORM Painting General Remarks The Principal Motives Subject Matter Historical and National Characteristics Sculpture Architecture IV. MULTIPLICITY AND UNITY Painting General Remarks The Principal Motives Subject Matter Historical and National Characteristics Architecture General Remarks-Examples V. CLEARNESS AND UNCLEARNESS Painting General Remarks The Principal Motives Subject Matter Historical and National Characteristics Architecture CONCLUSION External and Internal History of Art Forms of Imitation and Decoration The Why of the Development Periodicity of the Development The Problem of Recommencement National Characteristics Shifting of the Centre of Gravity