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The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (Oxford World's Classics)

by Walter Pater

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Oscar Wilde called this collection of essays the "holy writ of beauty." Published to great acclaim in 1837, it examines the work of Renaissance artists such as Winckelmann and the then neglected Botticelli, and includes a celebrated discussion of the Mona Lisa in a study of Da Vinci. The book strongly influenced art students and aesthetes of the day and is still valuable for the insights it offers and the beauty of the writing.

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Walter Pater is increasingly seen as an important precursor of modernist aesthetic theory. This work was one of the most influential pieces of cultural criticism of its day, particularly on the work of Oscar Wilde, who described it as "my golden book ... the very flower of decadence".
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ISBN:
9780192835536
Subtitle:
Studies in Art and Poetry
Author:
Pater, Walter
Editor:
Phillips, Adam
Author:
Phillips, Adam
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Location:
Oxford ;
Subject:
General
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Aesthetics
Subject:
Renaissance
Subject:
Art, renaissance
Subject:
History - Renaissance
Subject:
Literature/English | British Literature | 19th C
Subject:
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Copyright:
1998
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)
Series Volume:
1167
Publication Date:
19980917
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
64 photos
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
7.84x5.06x.38 in. .32 lbs.
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