
The Birth of Western Painting (Routledge Revivals)
A History of Colour, Form and Iconography
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 15. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-415-82146-9 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1930, this book deals with Byzantine art, not as an isolated province, but as one intimately connected with the subsequent history of European painting. After a summary of the whole question in its relation to modern art, the second chapter opens with a novel analysis of the iconoclast controversy, and shows how it was only by this movement that Hellenistic naturalism was finally vanquished and the seed of interpretational art planted in Europe in its stead. The third chapter reveals how this seed was nourished by the Constantinopolitan Renascence, and how that event, combined with the increasing humanisation of religious emotion, culminated, not only in Duccio and Giotto, but in the equally important work of their contemporaries at Mistra and Mount Athos. A detailed account of these works is given and in the last part of the book, the mystery of El Greco is finally resolved.
The book is based, not only on extensive research but on personal observation of nearly all the works mentioned, in Constantinople, Greece, Crete, Italy, and Spain. It is an important and exciting addition to the history of European Art and establishes, scientifically, theories which only existed in conjecture before its publication. The book includes 94 black and white plates.
The book is based, not only on extensive research but on personal observation of nearly all the works mentioned, in Constantinople, Greece, Crete, Italy, and Spain. It is an important and exciting addition to the history of European Art and establishes, scientifically, theories which only existed in conjecture before its publication. The book includes 94 black and white plates.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
1154 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-82146-9 (9780415821469)
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Robert Byron | David Talbot Rice
The Birth of Western Painting (Routledge Revivals)
A History of Colour, Form and Iconography
E-Book
12/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€89.99
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Robert Byron | David Talbot Rice
The Birth of Western Painting (Routledge Revivals)
A History of Colour, Form and Iconography
E-Book
12/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€89.99
Available for download

Robert Byron | David Talbot Rice
The Birth of Western Painting (Routledge Revivals)
A History of Colour, Form and Iconography
Book
11/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€282.26
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Robert Byron, David Talbot Rice
Content
1. The Tradition of Interpretational Art 2. The Beginnings of Interpretation 3. The Development of Interpretation 4. The Monuments 5. The Climax of Interpretation; Bibliography; Index; Plates 1-94