Alois Riegl Art History and Theory

Name: Alois Riegl Art History and Theory
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ISBN: 9780262590242

ISBN-10: 0262590247

ISBN-13: 9780262590242

Edition: 2003

Authors: Margaret Iversen

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Alois Riegl (1858-1905) was one of the founders of art history as a discipline. This is the first general introduction to the work of the celebrated Austrian who brought complex philosophical considerations to bear on art and its history. Ranging easily over diverse fields and among a large group of thinkers, Margaret Iversen establishes Riegl's relevance to recent critical thinking while clearly delineating his extraordinary critical powers. Iversen contextualizes Riegl's thought among the wider cultural crosscurrents of his time, pointing for example to his denunciation of the sub-Semperians and his profound influence on Walter Benjamin. She is equally concerned to relate Riegl's work to…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/17/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 233
Size: 8.35" wide x 10.94" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.814