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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783844603321

Autore

Hauser Arnold <1892-1978., >

Titolo

The social history of art / / Arnold Hauser, with an introduction by Jonathan Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-63745-4

1-283-71275-X

1-134-63746-2

1-280-13928-5

0-203-98124-3

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

The social history of art ; ; v.3

Disciplina

709

Soggetti

Art and society

Art - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME III; 1. THE DISSOLUTION OF COURTLY ART; 2. THE NEW READING PUBLIC; 3. THE ORIGINS OF DOMESTIC DRAMA; 4. GERMANY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT; 5. REVOLUTION AND ART; 6. GERMAN AND WESTERN ROMANTICISM; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1951 Arnold Hausers commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. Exploring the interaction between art and society, Hauser effectively details social and historical movements and sketches the frameworks in which visual art is produced.This new edition provides an excellent introduction to the work of Arnold Hauser. In his general introduction to The Social History of Art, Jonathan Harris asseses the importance of the work for contemporary art history and visual culture. In ad