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Sculpture : Some Observations on Shape and Form from Pygmalion's Creative Dream.

"The eye that gathers impressions is no longer the eye that sees a depiction on a surface; it becomes a hand, the ray of light becomes a finger, and the imagination becomes a form of immediate touching."--Johann Gottfried HerderLong recognized as one of the most important eighteenth-centur...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herder, Johann Gottfried
Otros Autores: Gaiger, Jason
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Sumario:"The eye that gathers impressions is no longer the eye that sees a depiction on a surface; it becomes a hand, the ray of light becomes a finger, and the imagination becomes a form of immediate touching."--Johann Gottfried HerderLong recognized as one of the most important eighteenth-century works on aesthetics and the visual arts, Johann Gottfried Herder's Plastik (Sculpture, 1778) has never before appeared in a complete English translation. In this landmark essay, Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources--from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (152 pages)
ISBN:9780226328003
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9781283150767
9786613150769
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