Sculpture : some observations on shape and form from Pygmalion's creative dream / Johann Gottfried Herder ; edited and translated by Jason Gaiger.

Main entry:

Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803.

Title & Author:

Sculpture : some observations on shape and form from Pygmalion's creative dream / Johann Gottfried Herder ; edited and translated by Jason Gaiger.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Description:

ix, 141 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index.
Translated from the German.

Summary:

Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources - from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible - to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226327531 (alk. paper)
9780226327532 (alk. paper)
0226327558 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780226327556 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
(ebk.)
9780226328003

Subject:

Plastik
Aesthetics.
Art Philosophy.
Sculpture Philosophy.
Art Philosophie.
Sculpture Philosophie.
Esthétique.
Ästhetik
Philosophie
Plastische kunst.
Filosofie.

Added entries:

Gaiger, Jason.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 238610
Call No.: BIB 168481
Status: Available

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