Space and Time in Artistic Practice and Aesthetics

The Legacy of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Crafts & Hobbies, Art Technique, Painting, Art & Architecture, Art History, General Art
Cover of the book Space and Time in Artistic Practice and Aesthetics by , Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781786722560
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: June 30, 2017
Imprint: I.B. Tauris Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781786722560
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: June 30, 2017
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Language: English

When the Enlightenment thinker Gotthold Ephraim Lessing wrote his treatise Laocoön: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry in 1766, he outlined the strengths and weaknesses of each art. Painting was assigned to the realm of space; poetry to the realm of time. Space and Time in Artistic Practice and Aesthetics explores how artists since the eighteenth century up to the present day have grappled with the consequences of Lessing's theory and those that it spawned. As the book reveals, many artists have been - and continue to be – influenced by Lessing-like theories, which have percolated into the art education and art criticism. Artists from Jean Raoux to Willem de Kooning and Frances Bacon, and art critics such as Clement Greenberg, have felt the weight of Lessing's theories in their modes of creation, whether consciously or not. Should we sound the death knell for the theories of Lessing and his kind? Or will conceptions of temporality, spatiality and artistic competition continue to unfold? This book - the first to consider how Lessing's writings connect to visual art's production - brings these questions to the fore.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

When the Enlightenment thinker Gotthold Ephraim Lessing wrote his treatise Laocoön: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry in 1766, he outlined the strengths and weaknesses of each art. Painting was assigned to the realm of space; poetry to the realm of time. Space and Time in Artistic Practice and Aesthetics explores how artists since the eighteenth century up to the present day have grappled with the consequences of Lessing's theory and those that it spawned. As the book reveals, many artists have been - and continue to be – influenced by Lessing-like theories, which have percolated into the art education and art criticism. Artists from Jean Raoux to Willem de Kooning and Frances Bacon, and art critics such as Clement Greenberg, have felt the weight of Lessing's theories in their modes of creation, whether consciously or not. Should we sound the death knell for the theories of Lessing and his kind? Or will conceptions of temporality, spatiality and artistic competition continue to unfold? This book - the first to consider how Lessing's writings connect to visual art's production - brings these questions to the fore.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book The Multiplying Mysteries of Mount Ten by
Cover of the book The Adlard Coles Book of Outboard Motors by
Cover of the book Methodologies of Legal Research by
Cover of the book Refugees in Europe, 1919-1959 by
Cover of the book The Maginot Line 1928–45 by
Cover of the book America Aflame by
Cover of the book A History of the British Isles by
Cover of the book Shakespeare in London by
Cover of the book Distillations by
Cover of the book The German Army 1939–45 (5) by
Cover of the book Schools of Faith by
Cover of the book Michel Foucault by
Cover of the book Feminism and Art History Now by
Cover of the book When Genres Collide by
Cover of the book Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy