{"product_id":"sculpture-some-observations-on-shape-and-form-from-pygmalions-creative-dream-paperback","title":"Sculpture: Some Observations on Shape and Form from Pygmalion's Creative Dream - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohann Gottfried Herder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJason Gaiger\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The eye that gathers impressions is no longer the eye that sees a depiction on a surface; it becomes a hand, the ray of light becomes a finger, and the imagination becomes a form of immediate touching.\"-Johann Gottfried Herder \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Long recognized as one of the most important eighteenth-century works on aesthetics and the visual arts, Johann Gottfried Herder's \u003ci\u003ePlastik\u003c\/i\u003e (Sculpture, 1778) has never before appeared in a complete English translation. In this landmark essay, Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources-from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible-to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Standing on the fault line between classicism and romanticism, Herder draws most of his examples from classical sculpture, while nevertheless insisting on the historicity of art and of the senses themselves. Through a detailed analysis of the differences between painting and sculpture, he develops a powerful critique of the dominance of vision both in the appreciation of art and in our everyday apprehension of the world around us. One of the key articulations of the aesthetics of Sturm und Drang, \u003ci\u003eSculpture\u003c\/i\u003e is also important as an anticipation of subsequent developments in art theory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jason Gaiger's translation of \u003ci\u003eSculpture\u003c\/i\u003e includes an extensive introduction to Herder's thought, explanatory notes, and illustrations of all the sculptures discussed in the text.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eye that gathers impressions is no longer the eye that sees a depiction on a surface; it becomes a hand, the ray of light becomes a finger, and the imagination becomes a form of immediate touching.--Johann Gottfried Herder \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong recognized as one of the most important eighteenth-century works on aesthetics and the visual arts, Johann Gottfried Herder's \u003ci\u003ePlastik\u003c\/i\u003e (Sculpture, 1778) has never before appeared in a complete English translation. In this landmark essay, Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources--from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible--to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStanding on the fault line between classicism and romanticism, Herder draws most of his examples from classical sculpture, while nevertheless insisting on the historicity of art and of the senses themselves. Through a detailed analysis of the differences between painting and sculpture, he develops a powerful critique of the dominance of vision both in the appreciation of art and in our everyday apprehension of the world around us. One of the key articulations of the aesthetics of Sturm und Drang, \u003ci\u003eSculpture\u003c\/i\u003e is also important as an anticipation of subsequent developments in art theory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJason Gaiger's translation of \u003ci\u003eSculpture\u003c\/i\u003e includes an extensive introduction to Herder's thought, explanatory notes, and illustrations of all the sculptures discussed in the text.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohann Gottfried Herder\u003c\/b\u003e (1744-1803) was a leading figure of the Sturm und Drang literary movement in Germany and an innovator in the philosophy of history and culture. His many other books include \u003ci\u003eTreatise on the Origin of Language\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYet Another Philosophy of History for the Education of Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Knowledge and Sensation in the Human Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. Jason Gaiger is Lecturer in the Department of Art History at the Open University. He has published widely in the field of art history and aesthetics and is is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eArt in Theory 1815-1900\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArt in Theory 1648-18\u003c\/i\u003e15.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 141\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9.2 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461197316349,"sku":"9780226327556","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/mwn1Ql0CLl9780226327556.webp?v=1777256813","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/sculpture-some-observations-on-shape-and-form-from-pygmalions-creative-dream-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}