Quatremère de Quincy's On the Ideal in the Pictorial Arts
- Publisher's listprice GBP 77.00
-
36 786 Ft (35 035 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 20% (cc. 7 357 Ft off)
- Discounted price 29 429 Ft (28 028 Ft + 5% VAT)
- Discount is valid until: 31 December 2025
Subcribe now and take benefit of a favourable price.
Subscribe
36 786 Ft
Availability
Estimated delivery time: Expected time of arrival: end of January 2026.
Not in stock at Prospero.
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 2 December 2024
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781666967647
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages142 pages
- Size 234x158x18 mm
- Weight 340 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 b/w illustration 608
Categories
Short description:
In On the Ideal in the Pictorial Arts, Quatremï¿1⁄2re de Quincy offers one of the most detailed treatments of mimesis since Aristotle. He defends the practice of ideal imitation against the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century predilection for real imitation and highlights the imagination's contribution to ideal imitation.
MoreLong description:
Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremï¿1⁄2re de Quincy was widely regarded as the pre-eminent art theorist of his day and exerted tremendous influence over the development of the arts in nineteenth-century France, publishing over twenty books over his career. Translated into English for the first time by Michel-Antoine Xhignesse, this 1837 treatise on imitation in the arts represents one of his major theoretical works. Quatremï¿1⁄2re de Quincy argues, against the prevailing opinion of the day, that artistic imitation aims at communicating the essence of the thing represented (ideal imitation), rather than merely faithfully reproducing its life appearance (real imitation). In order to communicate the essence, he argues, the artist must prioritize the contributions of her imagination over the choice and appearance of her model. This represented a significant departure from other accounts of ideal imitation, such as Batteux's or Winckelmann's, which instead advocated combining the best features of several different models.
MoreTable of Contents:
Acknowledgments
List of Captions
Translator's Introduction: Quatremï¿1⁄2re de Quincy and the Mimetic Ideal
References
Preface to the Essay on the Ideal and its Practical Applications to the Works of Imitation Proper
in the Pictorial Arts (1837)
On the Ideal in the Pictorial Arts
Index
About the Translator
