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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824811603321

Autore

Blatt Sidney J (Sidney Jules), <1928-, >

Titolo

Continuity and change in art : the development of modes of representation / / Sidney J. Blatt, in collaboration with Ethel S. Blatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 1984

ISBN

1-315-80259-7

1-317-76900-7

1-317-76901-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlattEthel S

Disciplina

750/.1/9

750.19

Soggetti

Visual perception

Art and society

Art - Psychology

Painting - Psychological aspects

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. The Form of Objects and of Space in the History of Art; Introduction; Patterns of Change; The Search for a ""Vocabulary of Form"" or a ""System of Schemata""; Psychological Criteria; A Structural Analysis of a Vocabulary of Form; 2. The Development of Modes of Representation; Introduction; The Developmental Model; Stages of Cognitive Development; Concepts of Space; Topological Concepts; Projective Concepts; Euclidean Concepts; Riemannian Space

Table 1: Individual and Cultural Development of Concepts of the Object and of Space3. From Topological to Projective Space: Painting in the Ancient, Greco-Roman, and Medieval Periods; Ancient Art; Greco-Roman Art; The Art of the Middle Ages; Parallel Development in Pre-Renaissance Art and Science; 4. The Discovery and Development of Linear Perspective: The Renaissance, Mannerism, and the Baroque; The Renaissance; Mannerism; The Baroque; Parallel Development in Renaissance and Baroque Art and Science; 5. From Linear Perspective to



Conceptual Art: Impressionism, Cubism, and Modern Art

Impressionism and Post-ImpressionismCubism; Modern Art; Parallel Development in Post-Renaissance Art and Science; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The representation of the form of objects and of space in painting, from paleolithic through contemporary time, has become increasingly integrated, complex, and abstract. Based on a synthesis of concepts drawn from the theories of Piaget and Freud, this book demonstrates that modes of representation in art evolve in a natural developmental order and are expressions of the predominant mode of thought in their particular cultural epoch. They reflect important features of the social order and are expressed in other intellectual endeavors as well, especially in concepts of science. A fascinating e