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Absorption and Theatricality

Paperback • 1988 • English

Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot

By Michael Fried

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Analyzing paintings produced between 1753 and 1781 [...] Fried discovers a new emphasis in the art of the time, one based not on subject matter or style but on values and effects.

Theory of art
History of art

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9780226262130

Published year

1988

Language

English

Original title

Absorption and Theatricality

Format

Paperback

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