England and its Aesthetes by David Carrier
First Published in 1999. John Ruskin (1819-1900), Walter Pater (1839-1894), and Adrian Stokes (1902-1972) represent three generations of English aesthetes whose writings have transformed art history and the formations of museums as we know them. They are three great writers in a distinctively English tradition. Concerned with the nature of aesthetic experience, and with the interpretation of visual art, they offer approaches that are dramatically different, in challenging ways, from those of professional art historians. They published autobiographies, explaining the relationship of their conceptions of aesthetic experience to their critical thinking about social questions. With England and Its Aesthetes , David Carrier has assembled the autobiographical sketches of these influential aesthetes. His reading reveals them to be less concerned with art appreciation or an aesthetic approach to everyday life than with issues of identity, politics, and desire.
"Luminious and poignant..David Carrier writes of these three aesthetes' concern with 'perception as a way of knowing.' The emphasis is well placed." -- Burlington Magazine
john ruskin, walter pater, adrian stokes
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| ISBN 13 | 9789057012914 |
| ISBN 10 | 905701291X |
| Title | England and its Aesthetes |
| Author | David Carrier |
| Series | Critical Voices In Art Theory And Culture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-11-21 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
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