Nikolaus Pevsner

Academies of Art

Past and Present

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1940, this book charts the origins and evolution of academies of art from the sixteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century. Pevsner expertly explains the political, religious and mercantile forces affecting the education of artists in various countries in Western Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781107421448
• ISBN-10: 1107421446
• Artikelnr.: 41254073

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. From Leonardo da Vinci to the Accademia di S. Luca (the sixteenth century)
3. Baroque and Rococo (1600-1750)
4. Classic revival, mercantilism and academies of art
5. The nineteenth century
6. The revival of industrial art, and the artist's education to-day
Appendix I. Code of rules of Vasari's Accademia del Disegno, 1563
Appendix II. Literature on academies treated in chapters 4 and 5
Index.