Art theory : an historical introduction by Williams, Robert, 1955- instant download

Art theory : an historical introduction by Williams, Robert, 1955- instant download

x, 330 p., [16] p. of plates : 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-314) and index, List of plates -- List of figures -- Introduction -- Antiquity and the Middle Ages -- The shield of Achilles -- Imitation and knowledge -- Beauty -- Rhetoric -- Word and world -- The early modern period -- Craftsmen and theorists -- Humanism -- The academic system -- The Enlightenment -- The eighteenth century -- Radical idealism -- The nineteenth century -- The crisis of the academy -- Impressionism -- \"Absolute art exists at last\" -- Ruskin and the aesthetes -- The early twentieth century -- Beyond nature -- Beyond reason -- American modern -- Postmodernism -- The critique of culture -- The phenomenology of signs -- Future present -- Sources and suggestions for further reading -- Index