Selected Lectures of Rudolf Wittkower: The Impact of Non-European Civilization on the Art of the West - Hardcover

Wittkower, Rudolf

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052130508X ISBN 13: 9780521305082

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Drawn from the unpublished lectures and notes of one of the modern giants of art history, this book presents the late Rudolf Wittkower's thoughts about the relation between European and non-European civilizations. In a series of stimulating and speculative essays, Wittkower considers the interrelationship between the East and the West from ancient to modern times. He shows the variety and compatability of Eastern and Western motifs, styles, and iconography. The book is comprehensive in scope, with painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts included in this broad examination of the artistic links between East and West.

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Book Description:

This book presents the late Rudolf Wittkower's thoughts about the relation between European and Eastern civilizations through the examination of the artistic links between these regions. He shows the variety and compatibility of Eastern and Western motifs, styles, and iconography through painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 052130508X
• ISBN 13: 9780521305082
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Reynolds Donald Martin