Warm flesh, cold marble : Canova, Thorvaldsen, and their critics / David Bindman
2014, 1st edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine gilt-blocked cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #396611
Physical description; viii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Competing Masculinities -- Male and Female Together -- The Female Figure: Sensuality, Procreation and the Life Force -- The Colour of Sculpture: Ancient and Modern -- Back to Kant -- The Philosophic Critics. Subjects; Canova, Antonio 1757-1822 Aesthetics. Thorvaldsen, Bertel 1770-1844 Aesthetics. Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 Aesthetics. Canova, Antonio 1757-1822. Thorvaldsen, Bertel 1770-1844. Art criticism Europe History. Critique d'art Europe Histoire. ART History Baroque & Rococo. ART Sculpture & Installation. ART European. Art and Design. Aesthetics. Art criticism. Art and Design. Art criticism Europe History. Art criticism Europe History. Art Philosophy History 18th century. Art Philosophy History 19th century. Aesthetics, Modern 18th century. Aesthetics, Modern 19th century. Sculpture Philosophy. Europe. Sculpture, Modern-19th century.
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