num_pages: 266
description: With this widely acclaimed work, Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism were viewed and understood."A reinterpretation supported by immense learning and by a series of brilliantly perceptive readings of paintings and criticism alike. . . . An exhilarating book."â€”John Barrell, London Review of Books
language: English
title: Absorption and theatricality: Painting and beholder in the age of Diderot
titlecomplete: Absorption and theatricality: Painting and beholder in the age of Diderot
genres: Nonfiction, Theory, Art History, Art
ratings_count: 91
publisher: University of California Press