
The Younger Goethe and the Visual Arts
W. D. Robson-Scott(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 29. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-0-521-15525-0 (ISBN)
Description
This 1981 book is concerned with the part which the visual arts played in Goethe's life and thought from his earliest years to the end of his visit to Italy. Among his multifarious preoccupations this interest in the visual arts was one of the most urgent and consistent. The extent of his preoccupation with the practice of the visual arts has been underestimated by scholars and this book is intended to do something to redress the balance. The book is best described as a kind of artistic biography, tracing chronologically the poet's development, as far as the visual arts are concerned, from his childhood in Frankfurt to the aesthetically decisive experience of Italy. The book should be of interest both to students of German literature and to students of the history of art. With this in mind the quotations from German have been translated into English throughout.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
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Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-15525-0 (9780521155250)
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W. D. Robson-Scott
The Younger Goethe and the Visual Arts
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02/1981
Cambridge University Press
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W. D. Robson-Scott
The Younger Goethe and the Visual Arts
Book
02/1981
Cambridge University Press
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Content
List of illustrations; Foreword; Abbreviations; 1. Childhood in Frankfurt; 2. Leipzig; 3. Strasbourg; 4. Frankfurt 1771-5; 5. Weimar 1775-86; 6. The Italian journey; Notes; Bibliography; Index.