Origins, Imitation, Conventions
Representation in the Visual Arts
- Paperback
342 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2024
Summary
Twelve studies by eminent art historian James S. Ackerman.
This collection contains studies written by art historian James Ackerman over the past decade. Whereas Ackerman’s earlier work assumed a development of the arts as they responded to social, economic, political, and cultural change, his recent work reflects the poststructural critique of the presumption of progress that characterized Renaissance and modernist history and criticism. In this book he explores the tension between t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262551519 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262551519 |
| Author: | James S. Ackerman |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 342 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm |
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About The Author
James S. Ackerman
James S. Ackerman, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus at Harvard University, is the author of books on Michelangelo’s architecture, Palladio, and the villa. He is the winner of the Balzan Prize 2001 in the category of history of architecture, which includes town planning and landscape design presented by the International Balzan Foundation.
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