General history of world painting
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General history of world painting
29.99 €
23.99 €
The history of painting, dating back thousands of years, is inseparable from the history of civilization. Painting is an eternal search for the perfect image of the elusive world, which reflects man himself, with all his strengths and weaknesses. The monumental work by Richard Muter (1860-1909), a world-famous German art historian, professor of art history at the University of Breslavl (Wroclaw), director of the State Graphic Collection in Munich, who collected truly colossal material on the history of fine arts in the countries of the world, is an opportunity to relive the most exciting and memorable moments of the eternal movement of mankind towards the ideal.
Richard Muter's book, published in 1894, sold out in a few months and caused a real public uproar. The verdict of the reading public was as follows: "Muter put the final nail in the coffin of dead academism and conventional realism" (D. V. Filosofov). The book was a brilliant triumph, which can only be wished for a scientific writer: his book is recognized as the first work in which the quest of the innovators of the XIX century were appreciated at face value. Muter's book is considered a turning point not only in the history of literature on art, but it marks the beginning of a new history of the attitude towards artistic creation as a way of knowing and transforming the world.
Richard Muter's book, published in 1894, sold out in a few months and caused a real public uproar. The verdict of the reading public was as follows: "Muter put the final nail in the coffin of dead academism and conventional realism" (D. V. Filosofov). The book was a brilliant triumph, which can only be wished for a scientific writer: his book is recognized as the first work in which the quest of the innovators of the XIX century were appreciated at face value. Muter's book is considered a turning point not only in the history of literature on art, but it marks the beginning of a new history of the attitude towards artistic creation as a way of knowing and transforming the world.
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