An Essay on Painting: Being a Notion of the Historical
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cooper, ong>Anong>thony Ashley, 3rd, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, explong>orationong> ong>anong>d rapidly growing technology ong>anong>d expong>anong>ding record-keeping made possible by advong>anong>ces in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century mong>anong>uscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, ong>anong>d independent scholars.The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek ong>anong>d Romong>anong> ong>anong>tiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii ong>anong>d Herculong>anong>eum in southern Italy; ong>anong>d after a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-long>anong>guage works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, ong>anong>d other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, ong>anong>d more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as ong>anong> additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Harvard University Fine Arts Library N London: printed by John Darby, ong>anong>d sold by J. Roberts, ]p.; 8