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Klappentext Seminal modern study explains ideas beyond superficial changes. Analyzes over 150 works by masters. 121 illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITIONFOREWORD TO THE SEVENTH EDITIONLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSINTRODUCTION The Double Root of Style The Most General Representational Forms Imitation and Decoration I. LINEAR AND PAINTERLY General "Linear (Draughtsmanly, Plastic) and Painterly" Tactile and Visual Picture "The "Picturesque" and its Opposite" Synthesis Historical and National Characteristics Drawing Painting Painting and Drawing-Examples Sculpture General Remarks-Examples Architecture General Remarks II. PLANE AND RECESSION Painting General Remarks The Characteristic Motives Subject Matter Historical and National Characteristics Sculpture Architecture III. CLOSED AND OPEN FORM Painting General Remarks The Principal Motives Subject Matter Historical and National Characteristics Sculpture Architecture IV. MULTIPLICITY AND UNITY Painting General Remarks The Principal Motives Subject Matter Historical and National Characteristics Architecture General Remarks-Examples V. CLEARNESS AND UNCLEARNESS Painting General Remarks The Principal Motives Subject Matter Historical and National Characteristics ArchitectureCONCLUSION External and Internal History of Art Forms of Imitation and Decoration The Why of the Development Periodicity of the Development The Problem of Recommencement National Characteristics Shifting of the Centre of Gravity
