Quatremère de Quincy's On the ideal in the pictorial arts /
"In On the Ideal in the Pictorial Arts, Quatremère de Quincy offers one of the most detailed treatments of mimesis since Aristotle. He defends the practice of ideal imitation against the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century predilection for real imitation and highlights the imagination...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "In On the Ideal in the Pictorial Arts, Quatremère de Quincy offers one of the most detailed treatments of mimesis since Aristotle. He defends the practice of ideal imitation against the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century predilection for real imitation and highlights the imagination's contribution to ideal imitation"-- |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the French. Preface precedes Quatremère de Quincy's Essay on the ideal and its practical applications to the works of imitation proper in the pictorial arts (1837). This book collected and significantly reworked and expanded two essays on imitation by Quatremère de Quincy, the first of which is On the ideal in the pictorial arts (1805), the work here translated. |
| Physical Description: | lxx, 55 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781666967647 1666967645 |