Studies in the History of the Renaissance
- ISBN-10
- 0199535078
- ISBN-13
- 9780199535071
- Series
- Studies in the History of the Renaissance
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-02-11
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Author
- Walter Pater
Description
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'.
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