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Studies in the History of the Renaissance
New Edition
Walter Pater
Edited by Matthew Beaumont
11 February 2010
ISBN: 9780199535071
240 pages
Paperback
196x129mm
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Price: £8.99Studies 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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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'.
- Pater's Studies in the History of the Renaissance is a highly influential defence of aestheticism, an extraordinary work of cultural criticism forever associated with the decadent movement at the end of the nineteenth century.
- This new edition reproduces the first edition of 1873 and recaptures the impact made by the book on its first appearance. It includes the later chapter on Giorgione as an Appendix.
- The Introduction describes the cultural context that gave rise to the book, the reasons for its notoriety, Pater's philosophical outlook and the arguments in his book. It explores Pater's work as an attempt to preserve the unique aesthetic of a work of art in the face of encroaching mass culture.
- Comprehensive notes identify the many literary and artistic references and echoes of Pater's other works.
- Useful Glossary of Names.
- Up-to-date bibliography.
New to this edition
- Text of Pater's first edition.
- Introduction by Matthew Beaumont.
- Up-to-date bibliography.
- Comprehensive Explanatory Notes by Matthew Beaumont.
- Glossary of Names.
About the Author(s)
Walter Pater
Edited by Matthew Beaumont, Senior Lecturer in English, University College LondonTable of Contents
- Preface
Aucassin and Nicolette
Pico della Mirandola
Sandro Botticelli
Luca della Robbia
The Poetry of Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Joachim du Bellay
Winckelmann
Conclusion
Appendix A: The School of Giorgione
Appendix B: Diaphaneitè
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