Patterns of intention : on the historical explanation of pictures

Patterns of intention : on the historical explanation of pictures / Michael Baxandall.

"Distinguished art historian Michael Baxandall here discusses the historical understanding of works of art: how we can discover the intentions of an artist living in a different time and culture and to what extent we can test and evaluate a historical interpretation of a picture. Analyzing in d...

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Main Author: Baxandall, Michael (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1985]
Subjects:
Painting > Expertising.
Art and history.
Painters > Psychology.
Art and history
Painters > Psychology
Painting > Expertising
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : language and explanation
  • The historical object : Benjamin Baker's Forth Bridge
  • Intentional visual interest : Picasso's Portrait of Kahnweiler
  • Pictures and ideas : Chardin's A lady taking tea
  • Truth and other cultures : Piero della Francesca's Baptism of Christ.

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