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100 1 $aPater, Walter,$d1839-1894.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79117248
245 14 $aThe Renaissance :$bstudies in art and poetry /$cWalter Pater.
260 $aMineola, N.Y. :$bDover Publications,$c2005.
300 $a155 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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500 $aOriginally published: 4th ed. London ; New York : Macmillan and Co., 1893.
505 00 $tTwo Early French Stories -- $tPico della Mirandola -- $tSandro Botticelli -- $tLuca della Robbia -- $tThe Poetry of Michelangelo -- $tLeonardo da Vinci -- $tThe School of Giorgione -- $tJoachim du Bellay -- $tWinckelmann.
520 1 $a"Published to equal parts scandal and acclaim in 1873, The Renaissance inspired a generation of Oxford undergraduates, who adopted its credo of "art for art's sake" for their Aesthetic Movement. Combining the skepticism of empirical philosophy, the materialism of nineteenth-century science, and the determinism of evolutionary theory, this book defies categorization and endures as an innovative example of cultural criticism." "An Oxford don who led a quiet scholarly life, Walter Pater was shocked at the reactions his writings provoked. ("I wish they would not call me a hedonist," he remarked, "it gives such a wrong impression to those who do not know Greek.") His essays on the individuals he viewed as embodiments of the Renaissance spirit encompass artists whose careers span the Middle Ages through the eighteenth century. Pater's elegant, fluid prose examines the works of Pico della Mirandola, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Botticelli, and others. He crowns his compendium of reflections with his notorious Conclusion, in which he asserts that "to burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life."" "One of Victorian England's most talked about books, The Renaissance exerted a crucial influence on the art criticism of the past century, and it remains a work of unusual importance to those interested in art history and English literature. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aArts, Renaissance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008443
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy055/2004061695.html
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