Animating the antique : sculptural encounter in the age of aesthetic theory / Sarah Betzer.

Author/creator Betzer, Sarah E., 1972- author.
Format Book
PublicationUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
Copyright Date©2021
Descriptionxiii, 258 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Subjects
Sculpture, Ancient--Appreciation. --History. --18th century.
Sculpture, Ancient--Appreciation. --History. --19th century.
Figure sculpture--Appreciation. --History. --18th century.
Figure sculpture--Appreciation. --History. --19th century.
Aesthetics, Modern--18th century.
Aesthetics, Modern--19th century.

Portion of title Sculptural encounter in the age of aesthetic theory
Contents Art history, aesthetics, and the body after archaeology -- Toward an eighteenth-century ontology of ancient sculpture -- Moving shadows -- From the ash to the fire -- In the round -- Photography, the rise of relief, and Nachleben.
Abstract "Explores tensions in aesthetics and art theory between antique figural sculpture experienced in the round and its translation into two-dimensional representations. Examines the work and thought of Goethe, Winckelmann, Hegel, Walter Pater, Vernon Lee, and others"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [235]-249) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021018168
ISBN9780271088839 (cloth)
ISBN0271088834 (cloth)