
Classicisms
University of Chicago,David & Alfred Smart Museum,US (Publisher)
Published on 15. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-935573-57-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 As a result, it is sometimes viewed as rigid, outdated, or stodgy.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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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago, IL
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 28 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
822 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-935573-57-2 (9780935573572)
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Persons
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.