Diderot and Rousseau's Contributions to Aesthetics: 8 (New Studies in Aesthetics) - Hardcover

Woodward, Servanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820414778 ISBN 13: 9780820414775

Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1991

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Reseña del editor:

This informative and thought-provocating book gives an intimate portrait of two major 18th-century French philosophers famous for their influence over modern aesthetics. Their personal reflexions on art, beauty and inventive genius are vividly presented in the context of Parisian artistic institutions during the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI. The book offers a refreshing perspective into the pre-Revolutionary movement of the Enlightenment promoted by Diderot and the pre-Romantic sensibility modelled by Rousseau. This look back into the 18th century is very suggestive in regards to the current philosophies of art and may raise new answers to old questions.

Biografía del autor:

The Author: Servanne Woodward holds a doctorate from Paris X-Nanterre and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author first studied aesthetics at Aix-en-Provence and obtained a B.A. in plastic arts. Presently an Assistant Professor at the Wichita State University in the department of Modern Languages, Dr. Woodward received a University research grant in 1990 for a project concerning feminine aesthetics in 18th-century France. The current work was completed thanks to the Beatrice Lebow award. The author has published in many scholarly journals and is a member of several 18th-century associations.

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• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0820414778
• ISBN 13: 9780820414775
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 231