Bøger af Vernon Hyde Minor

This is a print on demand publication. Born in 1698, Della Valle came to Rome in 1725 upon the death of his master, Giovanni Foggini. There he remained until his death in 1768. The phrase "passive tranquillity" refers both to the style of Della Valle's sculpture & the ambiance of 18th-cent. Rome, &, further, serves to distinguish Della Valle from his better known precursors, Gianlorenzo Bernini & Michelangelo. Theirs was a sculpture of the heroic & expressive. Della Valle's sculpture represents figures of an introverted, serene type. In its demonstrations of the ways in which Della Valle's art could have been formed by the institutions & cultural currents of 18th-cent. Rome, the text seeks to account for that sense of quiescence & composure common to the arts of settecento Rome. Illustrations.

Sade ve ozlu bir dille yazilmis olan bu kitapta yazar, sanat elestirisi ve teorisinin antikiteden gunumuze tarihinin izini suruyor. Minor'in amaci "sanat tarihinin ne oldugunu, nereden dogdugunu, temelini olusturan fikirlerin, kurumlarin ve pratiklerin neler oldugunu, bugunku sekline nasil burundugunu ve kullandigi elestirel yontemlerin neler oldugunu tanimlamaya calismak." Kitap, sanat tarihiyle yeni tanismis olan ve sadece sanati merak etmekle yetinmeyip, sanat hakkinda soyledigimiz seyleri neden soyledigimizi de merak eden okura ulasmayi hedefliyor. Sanat hakkinda konusmanin tek bir yolu olduguna inanan okuru, benimsedigi bu bakis acisinin indirgemeci ve otoriter olduguna; sanatin tamamen kisisel ve herkesin fikrinin esit olcude gecerli oldugunu dusunen okuruysa, bu inancinin gecersizligine ikna etmeyi dert ediniyor. Okuru, sanat tarihini beseri bilimlere ait kilan seyin ne oldugunu kavramaya davet ediyor.

Baroque Visual Rhetoric probes the Baroque's combination of style and message and the methodological basis on which the critical art historian comes to establish that meaning.