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The challenge of the sublime : from Burke's Philosophical enquiry to British Romantic art /
This interdisciplinary study looks at the influence of Edmund Burke's theories of the sublime on British Romantic art, arguing that it is far more significant than previously imagined.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter; Cover; Half title; Series information; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Plates; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I From the Enquiry to the Academy; The Philosophical Enquiry, theories of the sublime and the sister arts tradition; Presenting the unpresentable: the modernity of Burke's Enquiry; Reynolds, the great style and the Burkean sublime; The sublime contained: academic compromises; Part II Beyond the 'narrow limits of painting'; Immersive spectatorship at the panorama and the aesthetics of the sublime; Frames, edges and 'unlimitation'
- 'Sublime dreams': ruin paintings and architectural fantasiesPart III Relocating the sublime: Blake, Turner and creative endeavour; Against and beyond Burke: Blake's 'sublime Labours'; Turner: from sublime association to sublime energy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Plates.