John Addington Symonds and the ideal of beauty in Greek sculpture : an introduction

Author

Holliday, Peter J.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of pre-Raphaelite and aesthetic studies. 1989, Num. 1, Vol. 2, p. 89-107, 4 ill.

ISSN

0835-7099

Abstract (en)

Publishes the full text of an early 1870s lecture by Symonds titled The Ideal of Beauty in Gk. Sculpture (Los Angeles, Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities). Introduction outlines the main participants and currents of thought in the Victorian debate about Greek art and suggests Symonds's role in the critical discussion.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United Kingdom
• Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893
• Ideal of beauty in Gk. sculpture
• Aesthetics
• Great Britain
• 1800-1900
• Greek
• Sculpture
• Art critics
• Beauty (concept)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Royaume-Uni
• Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893
• Ideal of beauty in Gk. sculpture
• Esthétique
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1800-1900
• Grec (art)
• Sculpture
• Critiques d'art
• Beau, Le

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00453506

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