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Absorption and theatricality

Paperback • 1980 • English

Absorption and theatricality: Painting and beholder in the age of Diderot

By Michael Field

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About the book

With this widely acclaimed work, Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism were viewed and understood.<br><br>"A reinterpretation supported by immense learning and by a series of brilliantly perceptive readings of paintings and criticism alike. . . . An exhilarating book."—John Barrell, <i>London Review of Books</i>

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ISBN

9780226262130

Published year

1980

Language

English

Original title

Absorption and theatricality

Format

Paperback

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