Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

319 S. ; sehr zahlr. Abb. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.

Bemerkung:

Gebraucht, aber sehr gut erhalten. - LECTURES -- From Egypt to the "Tomb of the Nereids" From the Mausoleum to the End of Paganism II. The Early Christian Period and the Middle Ages North of the Alps The Renaissance, Its Antecedents and Its Sequel -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Selected Bibliography. // This book, a classic text of 20th-century art-historical writing, presents a quartet of lectures by the late Erwin Panofsky, one of the century's leading interpreters of the meaning of works of art. The lectures throw light on the world of tomb sculpture, an art form that has been with us since the dawn of civilization, its imagery expressing man's hopes and fears in the face of death, and his striving for immortality. Starting with Ancient Egypt and pursuing the theme of funerary art through its many compelling cultural expressions - Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Gothic and Renaissance, to the great monuments of the Baroque - Tomb Sculpture explores the many forms that memorials have taken and the meanings that these forms were designed to express. Professor Panofsky's investigation enriches our understanding of these monuments in countless ways. With fertile analogies from poetry, philosophy, and even music, he broadens our view of this subject, bringing us nearer to the common range of our humanity. Since Tomb Sculpture was first published in 1964, the insights of its text and its wonderful compendium of photographs have never been superseded. Indeed, its seminal value as a work of cultural history as well as a work of art history has only increased with the now widespread interest in the history of mentalités. This reissue of a long unavailable, classic volume has been photographically reproduced from the original work, and includes a new foreword by Professor Martin Warnke of Hamburg University. (Klappentext) ISBN 0714828246