Art and Anarchy
By: Edgar Wind ; with an introduction by John Bayley.
Edition: 3rd ed., new reset ed., 3rd ed. in USA.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: [Evanston, Ill.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Art.
Description: Will works of the imagination ever regain the power they once had to challenge and mould society and the individual? This was the question posed by Edgar Wind's influential Reith Lectures delivered in 1960 and later expanded into his book Art and Anarchy. The book examines the various forces that have fashioned the modern view of the art, from mechanization and fear of intellect to connoisseurship and--perhaps the fundamental weakness of our age--the dispassionate acceptance of art. In the course of his discussion, Wind surveyed a wide range of topics in the history of painting, literature, music, and the plastic arts from the Renaissance to modern times.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 93-147.
Includes index.