Principles of Art History

Principles of Art HistoryWhat are the fundamental differences between classic and baroque art? Is there a pattern underlying the seemingly helter skelter development of art in different cultures and at different times? What causes our entirely different reactions to precisely the same painting or to the same painter? In this now classic treatise, published originally in Germany in the early 1920s, Professor Wlfflin provides an objective set of criteria to answer these and

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