Quatremère de Quincy's Moral Considerations on the Place and Purpose of Works of Art

Introduction and Translation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Antoine Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy (1755-1849) was the most important Neoclassical art historian in the generation after Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768). It is difficult now to appreciate his importance, due in part to the lack of translations of his 21 published books: three were rendered into English in the 19th century, and one in the 21st. The Moral Considerations has long been considered the most shattering polemic against public museums ever written. But I will show that Quatremère's polemic was aimed, not against museums per se, but rather against the imperialist and secularist curatorial purposes of Parisian museums in the age of Revolution. His Neoclassical commitments maintained the centrality of religion, and of incarnation, to any proper understanding of the place and purpose of the fine arts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 359g
• ISBN-13: 9781793642196
• ISBN-10: 1793642192
• Artikelnr.: 61433066

Autorenporträt

Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. is the William M. Suttles Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Georgia State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Translator's Introduction
The Text of Quatremère de Quincy's Moral Considerations on the Place and
Purpose of Works of Art and Their Proper Use (1815)
INTRODUCTION:
MORAL CONSIDERATIONS On the Place and Purpose (Destination) of Works of Art
FIRST PART:
On the Purpose and Place (Destination) of the Arts (Arts) and of Works of
Art (ouvrages d'Art), Considered in Terms of Their Influence on the Talent
of Artists and the Good Taste (Goût) of Amateurs.
SECOND PART:
On the Place and Purpose (Destination) of Works of Art (Ouvrages d'Art),
Considered as an Influence on the Effect of These Artworks (Ouvrages) and
the Impressions One Receives From Them
APPENDIX ONE:
Translation of the Preface to Quatremère de Quincy Lettres sur l'Enlèvement
des Ouvrages de l'art antique à Athènes et à Rome, Écrites les unes au
Célébres Canova les autres au Général Miranda (Paris: Adrien le Clere et
C.ie, Quai des Augustins, No. 35, 1836), Avant Propos, v-xvj
APPENDIX TWO:
The Major Published Works of Quatremère de Quincy, in Chronological Order
APPENDIX THREE:
Works by Quatremère de Quincy Translated into English, in Chronological
Order