An Essay on Painting: Being a Notion of the Historical
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cooper, ong>Anong>thony Ashley, 3rd, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, ong>Theong> 18th century was a wealth ong>ofong> knowledge, exploration ong>anong>d rapidly growing technology ong>anong>d expong>anong>ding record-keeping made possible by advong>anong>ces in ong>theong> printing press. In its determination to preserve ong>theong> century ong>ofong> revolution, Gale initiated a revolution ong>ofong> its own: digitization ong>ofong> epic proportions to preserve ong>theong>se invaluable works in ong>theong> largest archive ong>ofong> its kind. Now for ong>theong> first time ong>theong>se high-quality digital copies ong>ofong> original 18th century mong>anong>uscripts are available in print, making ong>theong>m highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, ong>anong>d independent scholars.ong>Theong> eighteenth-century fascination ong>withong> Greek ong>anong>d Romong>anong> ong>anong>tiquity followed ong>theong> systematic excavation ong>ofong> ong>theong> ruins at Pompeii ong>anong>d Herculong>anong>eum in souong>theong>rn Italy; ong>anong>d after a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. ong>Theong> titles here trace developments in mostly English-long>anong>guage works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, ong>theong>ater, ong>anong>d oong>theong>r disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs ong>ofong> art objects, comic operas, ong>anong>d more are also included. ++++ong>Theong> below data was compiled from various identification fields in ong>theong> bibliographic record ong>ofong> 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