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Book TitleHistorical Grammar of the Visual Arts
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicCriticism & Theory, History / General
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorAlois Riegl
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight31 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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LCCN2003-053821
ReviewsThe intelligence, originality, and range of Riegl's writings remain unsurpassed inthe history of art-historical scholarship., The intelligence, originality, and range of Riegl's writings remain unsurpassed in the history of art-historical scholarship.
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal709
Table Of ContentForeword: Alois Riegl, Monumental Ruin p.11Why We Still Need to Read Historical Grammar of the Visual ArtsBenjamin BinstockTranslator's Preface: Ubersetzungsfragen p.37Form, Communication, and Questions of Translating RieglJacqueline E. JungFirst Version: Book Manuscript of 1897-1898Introductory Remarks p.51Part One WorldviewI First Period: Art as Improvement of Nature Through Physical Beauty p.57II Second Period: Art as Improvement of Nature Through Spiritual Beauty p.67III Third Period: Art as Reproduction of Transitory Nature p.95Part Two Elements of the Work of ArtIV Purpose p.109V Motifs p.123VI Form and Surface p.187Draft of the Missing Conclusion p.269Second Version: Lecture Notes of 1899Introduction p.287Part One WorldviewI First Period: Antique Anthropomorphic Polytheism to the Third Century C.E. p.307II Second Period: Christian Monotheism, 313-1520 p.323III Third Period: Natural-Scientific Worldview p.337Part Two ElementsIV Motifs and Purposes p.343V Form and Surface p.395Notes p.435Illustrations p.445Index p.477
SynopsisAlo s Riegl is one of the greatest of all modern art historians. The most important member of the so-called "Vienna School," Riegl developed a highly refined technique of visual or formal analysis, as opposed to the iconological method, with its emphasis on decoding motifs through recourse to texts. Riegl also pioneered understanding of the changing role of the viewer, the significance of non-high art objects or what would now be called visual or material culture, and theories of art and art history, including his much-debated neologism Kunstwollen (the will of art). At last, his Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts , which brings together the diverse threads of his thought, is available to an English-language audience, in a superlative translation by Jacqueline E. Jung. In one of the earliest and perhaps the most brilliant of all art historical "surveys," Riegl addresses the different visual arts within a sweeping conception of the history of culture. His account derives from Hegelian models but decisively opens onto alternative pathways that continue to complicate attempts to reduce art merely to the artist's intentions or its social and historical functions. "The intelligence, originality, and range of Riegl's writings remain unsurpassed in the history of art-historical scholarship. He occupies a singular position as a founder of his discipline and one of its most radical thinkers, and represents a crucial precedent for the current reevaluation of the theory and practice of art history today... . If you are interested in art history, you should read this book, and keep it, if not on a lectern in your study, on your shelf."-- from the foreword by Benjamin Binstock, Aloïs Riegl is one of the greatest of all modern art historians. The most important member of the so-called "Vienna School," Riegl developed a highly refined technique of visual or formal analysis, as opposed to the iconological method, with its emphasis on decoding motifs through recourse to texts. Riegl also pioneered understanding of the changing role of the viewer, the significance of non-high art objects or what would now be called visual or material culture, and theories of art and art history, including his much-debated neologism Kunstwollen (the will of art). At last, his Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts , which brings together the diverse threads of his thought, is available to an English-language audience, in a superlative translation by Jacqueline E. Jung. In one of the earliest and perhaps the most brilliant of all art historical "surveys," Riegl addresses the different visual arts within a sweeping conception of the history of culture. His account derives from Hegelian models but decisively opens onto alternative pathways that continue to complicate attempts to reduce art merely to the artist's intentions or its social and historical functions. "The intelligence, originality, and range of Riegl's writings remain unsurpassed in the history of art-historical scholarship. He occupies a singular position as a founder of his discipline and one of its most radical thinkers, and represents a crucial precedent for the current reevaluation of the theory and practice of art history today... . If you are interested in art history, you should read this book, and keep it, if not on a lectern in your study, on your shelf."-- from the foreword by Benjamin Binstock, A survey of the different visual arts within a sweeping conception of the history of culture by a highly influential figure in art history. The work of Alois Riegl (1858-1905) has been highly influential in art history of the modern age. Riegl, the most important member of the so-called Vienna School, developed a refined technique of visual or formal analysis that departed from the iconological method, which emphasized decoding motifs through recourse to texts. Riegl also pioneered understanding of the changing role of the viewer, the significance of non-high art objects (or what would now be called visual or material culture), and theories of art and art history, including his much-debated neologism Kunstwollen (the will of art). His major works include Foundations for a History of Ornament, Late Roman Art Industry, and The Group Portraiture of Holland. Riegl's Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts, which brings together the diverse threads of his thought, is now available to an English-language audience, in a masterful translation by Jacqueline E. Jung. In one of the earliest and perhaps the most brilliant of all art historical surveys, Riegl addresses the different visual arts within a sweeping conception of the history of culture. His account derives from Hegelian models but decisively opens onto alternative pathways that continue to complicate attempts to reduce art merely to the artist's intentions or its social and historical functions., A survey of the different visual arts within a sweeping conception of the history of culture by a highly influential figure in art history., The work of Alois Riegl (1858-1905) has been highly influential in art history of the modern age. Riegl, the most important member of the so-called Vienna School, developed a refined technique of visual or formal analysis that departed from the iconological method, which emphasized decoding motifs through recourse to texts. Riegl also pioneered understanding of the changing role of the viewer, the significance of non-high art objects (or what would now be called visual or material culture), and theories of art and art history, including his much-debated neologism Kunstwollen (the will of art). His major works include Foundations for a History of Ornament, Late Roman Art Industry, and The Group Portraiture of Holland. Riegl's Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts, which brings together the diverse threads of his thought, is now available to an English-language audience, in a masterful translation by Jacqueline E. Jung. In one of the earliest and perhaps the most brilliant of all art historical surveys, Riegl addresses the different visual arts within a sweeping conception of the history of culture. His account derives from Hegelian models but decisively opens onto alternative pathways that continue to complicate attempts to reduce art merely to the artist's intentions or its social and historical functions.
LC Classification NumberN5303.R513 2004
