Renaissance (eBook)

Walter Pater (Autor)

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2013
152 Seiten
Start Publishing LLC (Verlag)
978-1-62558-526-4 (ISBN)

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Pater's graceful essays discuss the achievements of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and other artists. Included is his celebrated discussion of the Mona Lisa in a study of Da Vinci. This book concludes with an uncompromising advocacy of hedonism, urging readers to experience life as fully as possible. His cry of "e;art for art's sake"e; became the manifesto of the Aesthetic Movement, and his assessments of Renaissance art have influenced generations of readers. Oscar Wilde called this collection of essays the "e;holy writ of beauty."e;

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.1.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• ISBN-10: 1-62558-526-8 / 1625585268
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62558-526-4 / 9781625585264