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![]() None No current Talk conversations about this book. This review was written for LibraryThing Member Giveaways. A solid intro to Neo-classical art and philosophy of art. Useful illustrations, though I would wish for color rather than black and white. But I am not an early art historian, so what do I know. Easily accessible to the non-art crowd, but a working knowledge of the time period discussed would be useful.no reviews | add a review
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English summary: Neo-classicism is often misunderstood as a cold, pedantic, even bombastic artistic movement. The present volume seeks to rehabilitate Neo-classicism, explaining its esthetic, philosophical, and political implications, through the example of both famous and little-known artists from across Europe. French description: De tous les courants artistiques europeens, le neo-classicisme est sans doute celui sur lequel s'accumule le plus grand nombre de malentendus. Heureusement, depuis une trentaine d'annees, en France et a l'etranger, de nombreuses expositions ont ete consacrees a ce mouvement ou a ses plus grands heros. Malgre tout, les cliches ont la vie dure, selon lesquels le neo-classicisme serait un compose de froideur et de pedanterie, un art litteraire et grandiloquent. Hugh Honour en propose une rehabilitation passionnante, qui embrasse toutes les techniques artistiques. Au lieu d'offrir un survol chronologique scolaire, il explicite les enjeux esthetiques, philosophiques ou politiques, analyse quelques exemples cles, fait decouvrir des artistes singuliers et meconnus, qui partageaient des ideaux voisins d'un bout a l'autre de l'Europe, et rend justice a des genies tels que Ledoux, David ou Canova, dont il fait ressortir toutes les facettes. No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)709.033The arts Modified subdivisions of the arts History, geographic treatment, biography By Period Early Modern 18th CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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