Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of Pictures

Baxandall, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0300034652 ISBN 13: 9780300034653

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1985

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An "enquiry into the historical understanding of pictures", that is, how our understanding of artworks (and other objects) relate to their creator's goals and the culture in which they worked. Examined in detail are the Forth Bridge in Scotland, Picasso's Portrait of Kahnweiler, Chardin's A Lady Taking Tea, Piero della Francesca's Baptism of Christ. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first printing, listing no later printings. Light wear to book, ink name (art historian James Cahill); jacket shows minor creasing, mostly to the head of the spine, small faint stain (mostly visible internally) to spine & front panel; a few minor internal stains. Text otherwise clean; xii, [148] pages; subject index, references, 4 color & 32 b/w plates (62 images), figures. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # v0381

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Title: Patterns of Intention: On the Historical ...

Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven & London

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Defines and explains various concepts regarding the painter's intentions in order to provide a basis for understanding of a work of art.

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