Written in Water : The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gurstein, Rochelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoclassicism (Art).

Classicism in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (519 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2024.

Summary:

A deeply personal yet broadly relevant exploration of the ephemeral life of the classic in art, from the eighteenth century to our own day.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction: Our Cultural Situation

Part I The Troubled Origins of The Eighteenth-Century Classical Ideal

1 The Classic as Exemplar

2 The Restoration of the "True Style" in Sculpture

Part II The Unraveling of the Classical Ideal

3 A New Standard of Beauty: The Elgin Marbles Come to England

4 The Romantic Genius and the Cause of the Classical Ideal

5 The Spirit of the Age and the Growing Impossibility of the Grand Manner

6 Surpassing the Ancients: Landscape Painting and Rival Standards of Taste

Part III The Spiritualization of Art and The Reorientation of Taste

7 The Perfection of Art in the Renaissance

8 The Rediscovery of the Early Christian Painters

9 The Counter-History of Christian Art and the Overthrow of Art Authorities

10 The Persistence of the Taste for the Venus de' Medici

Part IV The Death of the Classical Tradition: The Emergence of Formalism, Modern art, and its Aftermath

11 Art as a Substitute for Religion

12 The Origins of Formalism

13 Modern Art and Aesthetic Autonomy

14 The Future of the Classic

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-300-27731-8

9780300277319

OCLC:

1432600649