inquiry into the real and imaginary obstructions to the acquisition of the arts in England
By: By James Barry, Royal academician, and member of the Clementine academy of Bologna ...
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 11799.
Publisher: Printed for T. Becket
Published: 1775
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, -- 1717-1768; Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800; Art -- Philosophy; History in art; Classicism in art; Art and history; Art, English
Notes: In this book "he demolished, with much force and eloquence, the opinions of Winckelmann and other foreign critics, that the genius of the English was limited by the climate of their country, and also urged hiw own theory, that art, before it could be honourable in England, must devote itself to historic composition." - Dictionary of national biography.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc. 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 11799)

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