Classicisms - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0935573577 ISBN 13: 9780935573572

Verlag: University of Chicago,David & Alfred Smart Museum,US, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

As an aesthetic ideal, classicism is often associated with a conventional set of rules founded on supposedly timeless notions such as order, reason, and decorum. As a result, it is sometimes viewed as rigid, outdated, or stodgy. But in actuality, classicism is far from a stable concept—throughout history, it has given rise to more debate than consensus, and at times has been put to use for subversive ends.

With contributions from an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explodes the idea of classicism as an unchanging ideal. The essays trace the shifting parameters of classicism from antiquity to the twentieth century, documenting an exhibition of seventy objects in various media from the collection of the Smart Museum of Art and other American and international institutions. With its impressive historical and conceptual reach—from ancient literature to contemporary race relations and beyond—this colorfully illustrated book is a dynamic exploration of classicism as a fluctuating stylistic and ideological category.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Larry F. Norman is the Frank L. Sulzberger Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. Anne Leonard is curator and associate director of academic initiatives at the Smart Museum of Art, as well as a lecturer in the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Chicago,David & Alfred Smart Museum,US
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0935573577
• ISBN 13: 9780935573572
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184
• Herausgeber: Norman Larry F., Leonard Anne
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