Studies in the History of the Renaissance - Walter Pater & Matthew Beaumont

Studies in the History of the Renaissance

By Walter Pater & Matthew Beaumont

  • Release Date: 2010-02-11
  • Genre: Art History

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Studies in the History of the Renaissance is a highly influential defence of aestheticism. Pater redefined the practice of criticism through his readings of some of the paintings, sculptures, and poems of the Renaissance, and shocked contemporaries for sponsoring a hedonistic ethic with his infamous 'Conclusion'.

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