Quatremere de Quincy's On the ideal in the pictorial arts / translated, annotated and introduced by Michel-Antoine Xhignesse.

Author/creator Quatremere de Quincy
Other author Xhignesse, Michel-Antoine.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : Lexington Books, [2025]
Descriptionlxx, 55 pages ; 24 cm
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Uniform titleSur l'ideal dans les arts du dessin. English
Portion of title On the ideal in the pictorial arts
Abstract "In On the Ideal in the Pictorial Arts, Quatremere de Quincy offers one of the most detailed treatments of mimesis since Aristotle. He defends the practice of ideal imitation against the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century predilection for real imitation and highlights the imagination's contribution to ideal imitation"-- Provided by publisher.
General notePreface precedes Quatremere de Quincy's Essay on the ideal and its practical applications to the works of imitation proper in the pictorial arts (1837). This book collected and significantly reworked and expanded two essays on imitation by Quatremere de Quincy, the first of which is On the ideal in the pictorial arts (1805), the work here translated.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2024039670
ISBN9781666967647 (cloth)
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