Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western Humanities, Volume 2This book has an ambitious aim. It surveys the major cultural achievements of Western civilization from the 15th century Renaissance in Italy down to the present day. At the outset, we feel we should set forth our basic philosophy, our orientations, and our hopes. We feel we owe this statement both to the instructure and, even more, to the students. |
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... rococo art was to provide pleasure , but this is a somewhat incomplete view of its social role . The rococo style was aimed for the most part at an aristocratic audience ; its grace and charm served the important purpose of shielding ...
... rococo art was to provide pleasure , but this is a somewhat incomplete view of its social role . The rococo style was aimed for the most part at an aristocratic audience ; its grace and charm served the important purpose of shielding ...
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... rococo art had already fallen into disfavor in France , Gainsborough was still producing paintings like Haymaker and Sleeping Girl [ see figure 145 ] , an idealizing rococo vision that re- calls the world of Fragonard . Gainsborough's ...
... rococo art had already fallen into disfavor in France , Gainsborough was still producing paintings like Haymaker and Sleeping Girl [ see figure 145 ] , an idealizing rococo vision that re- calls the world of Fragonard . Gainsborough's ...
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... rococo and all it stood for in favor of the austere world ( as it seemed to him ) of ancient Rome . Some enthusiastic admirers of classical architecture even tried to reconstruct clas- sical buildings and set them in classical ...
... rococo and all it stood for in favor of the austere world ( as it seemed to him ) of ancient Rome . Some enthusiastic admirers of classical architecture even tried to reconstruct clas- sical buildings and set them in classical ...
Contents
The Preface to both volumes appears in Volume I Introduction | 5 |
BETWEEN | 9 |
THE HIGH RENAISSANCE | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities, Volume II Lawrence S. Cunningham,John J. Reich No preview available - 2009 |
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