Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of Pictures

Descripción

An "enquiry into the historical understanding of pictures", that is, how our understanding of artworks (and other objects) relate to their creator's goals and the culture in which they worked. Examined in detail are the Forth Bridge in Scotland, Picasso's Portrait of Kahnweiler, Chardin's A Lady Taking Tea, Piero della Francesca's Baptism of Christ. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first printing, listing no later printings. Light wear to book, ink name (art historian James Cahill); jacket shows minor creasing, mostly to the head of the spine, small faint stain (mostly visible internally) to spine & front panel; a few minor internal stains. Text otherwise clean; xii, [148] pages; subject index, references, 4 color & 32 b/w plates (62 images), figures. Size: Octavo.

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of Pictures

Editor

Yale University Press, New Haven & London

Fecha de publicación

1985

ISBN 10

0300034652

ISBN 13

9780300034653

Encuadernación

Hard Cover

Edición

First Edition.

Estado

Very Good

Estado de la sobrecubierta

Very Good

Catálogos de vendedores

• Art History
• Philosophy

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