| The Practice of Art History: Reflections on Method Contributor(s): Pacht, Otto (Author), Britt, David (Editor), Wood, Christopher S. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1872501265 ISBN-13: 9781872501260 Publisher: Harvey Miller OUR PRICE: $63.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: This is the English version of Otto Pacht's classic text on art history. His approach to art history is shaped by his conviction that visual art, like music, can express ideas in its own medium that no other can. He aims to sharpen the reader's perceptions by recreating the social and cultural context in which an object was made, clarifying unfamiliar notions of space and time or significant gestures and symbols which are no longer recognizable. Pacht explores the major thinkers from Riegl, Wolfflin and Croce to Panofsky and Gombrich, but the emphasis always returns to the activity of looking, and Pacht manages to show the student and general reader alike how to practice art history in their own encounters with works of art. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Study & Teaching - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 707.2 |
| Series: Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.6" W x 9.54" (1.41 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here, for the first time in English, is Pacht's well-known, fundamental text, Methodisches zur Kunsthistorischen Praxis. Pacht's approach to art history is shaped by his conviction that visual art, like music, can say things in its own medium that cannot be said in any other. He aims to sharpen our perceptions by recreating the social and cultural context in which an object was made, clarifying unfamiliar notions of space and time or significant gestures and symbols which are no longer recognizable. Each part of Pacht's analysis is illustrated by reference to a specific manuscript, painting, building or sculpture, and his examples range from medieval and Renaissance art through to the works of Rembrandt. He explores the theories of major thinkers from Riegl, Wolfflin and Croce to Panofsky and Gombrich. But the emphasis always returns to the activity of looking, and Pacht's greatest achievement is in showing the student and general reader alike how to practise art history in their own encounters with works of art. |