Principles of Art History

by Heinrich Wölfflin

Overview

Originally published in Germany during the 1920s, this now-classic study surveys the works of 64 major artists in terms of style, quality, and mode of representation. A brilliant contribution to the methodology or art criticism, it features 120 black-and-white illustrations of works by Botticelli, Durer, Holbein, Rembrandt, Velasquez, Vermeer, and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486141763
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	11/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	253
File size:	47 MB
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Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION
FOREWORD TO THE SEVENTH EDITION
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
The Double Root of Style
The Most General Representational Forms
Imitation and Decoration
I. LINEAR AND PAINTERLY
General
"Linear (Draughtsmanly, Plastic) and Painterly"
Tactile and Visual Picture
"The "Picturesque" and its Opposite"
Synthesis
Historical and National Characteristics
Drawing
Painting
Painting and Drawing-Examples
Sculpture
General Remarks-Examples
Architecture
General Remarks
II. PLANE AND RECESSION
Painting
General Remarks
The Characteristic Motives
Subject Matter
Historical and National Characteristics
Sculpture
Architecture
III. CLOSED AND OPEN FORM
Painting
General Remarks
The Principal Motives
Subject Matter
Historical and National Characteristics
Sculpture
Architecture
IV. MULTIPLICITY AND UNITY
Painting
General Remarks
The Principal Motives
Subject Matter
Historical and National Characteristics
Architecture
General Remarks-Examples
V. CLEARNESS AND UNCLEARNESS
Painting
General Remarks
The Principal Motives
Subject Matter
Historical and National Characteristics
Architecture

CONCLUSION
External and Internal History of Art
Forms of Imitation and Decoration
The Why of the Development
Periodicity of the Development
The Problem of Recommencement
National Characteristics
Shifting of the Centre of Gravity