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Patterns of Intention On the Historical Explanation of Pictures

Paperback • 1985 • English

Patterns of Intention On the Historical Explanation of Pictures

By Michael Baxandall

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About the book

Distinguished art historian Michael Baxandall here discusses the historical understanding of works of art - how we can discover the intentions of an artist living in a different time and culture and to what extent we can test and evaluate a historical interpretation of a picture. Analyzing in detail paintings by Picasso, Chardin, and Piero della Francesca, Baxandall shows how this inferential criticism sharpens our legitimate satisfaction in the art works themselves.

Paintings and painting
Human figures depicted in art
Animals in art

Book details

ISBN

9780300037630

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

1985

Language

English

Original title

Patterns of Intention On the Historical Explanation of Pictures

Format

Paperback

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