Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of PicturesYale University Press, 1985 M01 1 - 147 pages Distinguished art historian Michael Baxandall here discusses the historical understanding of works of art - how we can discover the intentions of an artist living in a different time and culture and to what extent we can test and evaluate a historical interpretation of a picture. Analyzing in detail paintings by Picasso, Chardin, and Piero della Francesca, Baxandall shows how this inferential criticism sharpens our legitimate satisfaction in the art works themselves. |
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