Modern Theories of Art 2

Moshe Barasch

Published by New York University Press 1998

Modern Theories of Art 2

From Impressionism to Kandinsky

Moshe Barasch

https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814709054

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In this volume, the third in his classic series of texts surveying the history of art theory, Moshe Barasch traces the hidden patterns and interlocking themes in the study of art, from Impressionism to Abstract Art.
Barasch details the immense social changes in the creation, presentation, and reception of art which have set the history of art theory on a vertiginous new course: the decreased relevance of workshops and art schools; the replacement of the treatise by the critical review; and the interrelation of new modes of scientific inquiry with artistic theory and praxis. The consequent changes in the ways in which critics as well as artists conceptualized paintings and sculptures were radical, marked by an obsession with intense, immediate sensory experiences, psychological reflection on the effects of art, and a magnetic pull to the exotic and alien, making for the most exciting and fertile period in the history of art criticism.

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Barasch Moshe :

Moshe Barasch was Jack Cotton Professor of Architecture and Fine Arts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He wrote numerous books including Icon, Theories of Art, and Modern Theories of Art I and II, all published by NYU Press. A winner of the Israel Prize in 1996, he was elected corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences.

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Architecture and Design

Architecture and Design, other

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Preface
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Introduction
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Part I. Impressionism

1. Introduction
The Crisis of Realism
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2. Aesthetic Culture in the Literature of the Time
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3. Impressionism and the Philosophical Culture of the Time
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4. Science and Painting
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5. Impressionism
Reflections on Style
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6. The Fragment as Art Form
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Part II. Empathy

7. Introduction
An Empathy Tradition in the Theory of Art
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8. Gustav Fechner
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9. Charles Darwin
The Science of Expression
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10. Robert Vischer
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11. Empathy
Toward a Definition
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12. Wilhelm Dilthey
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13. Conrad Fiedler
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14. Adolf Hildebrand
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15. Alois Riegl
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16. Wilhelm Worringer
Abstraction and Empathy
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Part III. Discovering the Primitive

17. Introduction
Conditions of Modern Primitivism
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18. The Beginnings of Scholarly Study
Gottfried Semper
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19. Discovering Prehistoric Art
Early Questions and Explanations
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20. Understanding Distant Cultures
The Case of Egypt
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21. Gauguin
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22. African Art
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Part IV. Abstract Art

23. Abstract Art
Origins and Sources
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24. The Subject Matter of Abstract Painting
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25. Color
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26. Line
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27. Composition and Harmony
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Bibliographical Essay
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Name Index
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Subject Index
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About the Author
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Barasch, Moshe. Modern Theories of Art 2: From Impressionism to Kandinsky, New York, USA: New York University Press, 1998. https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814709054

Barasch, M. (1998). Modern Theories of Art 2: From Impressionism to Kandinsky. New York, USA: New York University Press. https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814709054

Barasch, M. 1998. Modern Theories of Art 2: From Impressionism to Kandinsky. New York, USA: New York University Press. https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814709054

Barasch, Moshe. Modern Theories of Art 2: From Impressionism to Kandinsky. New York, USA: New York University Press, 1998. https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814709054

Barasch M. Modern Theories of Art 2: From Impressionism to Kandinsky. New York, USA: New York University Press; 1998. https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814709054

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Language: English

Publisher: New York University Press

Copyright year: 1998

Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: March 1, 1998

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