Studies in the history of the renaissance
Auteur :
Pater, Walter
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199535071
Date de publication :
11 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
19,6 x 13,0 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
181 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Studies in the History of the Renaissance is a highly influential defence of aestheticism. Pater redefined the practice of criticism through his readings of some of the paintings, sculptures, and poems of the Renaissance, and shocked contemporaries for sponsoring a hedonistic ethic with his infamous 'Conclusion'.