Absorption and Theatricality

Absorption and Theatricality
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 0226262138
ISBN-13 : 9780226262130
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Book Synopsis Absorption and Theatricality by : Michael Fried

Download or read book Absorption and Theatricality written by Michael Fried and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this widely acclaimed work, Michael Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism are viewed and understood. Analyzing paintings produced between 1753 and 1781 and the comments of a number of critics who wrote about them, especially Dennis Diderot, Fried discovers a new emphasis in the art of the time, based not on subject matter or style but on values and effects.


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