Six essays, available here for the first time in English, present an overview of the German movement of psychological aesthetics, Kunstwissenschaft. Written at the end of the 19th century, when art's traditional historical theme appeared exhausted, these works redesigned the theoretical basis of artistic practice. The metaphysical problem of understanding form and space in the natural world gave way to the aesthetic problem of appreciating and exploiting pure form and space in painting, sculpture, music and architecture. ...
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Six essays, available here for the first time in English, present an overview of the German movement of psychological aesthetics, Kunstwissenschaft. Written at the end of the 19th century, when art's traditional historical theme appeared exhausted, these works redesigned the theoretical basis of artistic practice. The metaphysical problem of understanding form and space in the natural world gave way to the aesthetic problem of appreciating and exploiting pure form and space in painting, sculpture, music and architecture. The subjective psychological thesis of empathy and the more general search for art's basic principles together introduced the possibility of non-representational expression, stylistic change and radical reform.
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Good+; Softcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Light wear to the covers; Library stamps to the endpapers; Text pages are clean & unmarked; Binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; Yellow and white paper covers with title in black lettering; 1993, The Getty Center For The History Of Art; 342 pages; "Empathy, Form, and Space: Problems in German Aesthetics, 1873-1893 (Texts and Documents Series), " by Robert Vischer, et al.
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Good; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Converted from paperback to hardcover binding by former library owners (Original paper covers preserved and pasted over boards); Light wear to the covers; Library stamps to the endpapers; Text pages are clean & unmarked; Good binding with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; Yellow and white paper covers with title in black lettering; 1993, The Getty Center For The History Of Art; 342 pages; "Empathy, Form, and Space: Problems in German Aesthetics, 1873-1893 (Texts and Documents Series), " by Robert Vischer, et al.
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Very Good; Softcover; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; Yellow and white paper covers with title in black lettering; 1993, The Getty Center For The History Of Art; 342 pages; "Empathy, Form, and Space: Problems in German Aesthetics, 1873-1893 (Texts and Documents Series), " by Robert Vischer, et al.
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Very Good. Size: 7x1x10; Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in excellent condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Dust jacket has a tiny closed tear on bottom edge.
