Alberti's "window" : art-historiographic note on an antimodernist misprision

Author

Masheck, Joseph

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Source : notes in the history of art. 1989, Num. 4-1, Vol. 8-9, 13-17

ISSN

0737-4453

Abstract (en)

Draws attention to the fact that what Alberti says is not that a picture is a window, as antimodernists assume, but that he draws a rectangle on the surface, which he then treats as an open window through which the subject to be painted is seen; and argues that the window is thus a trope and a signal of the fictive poetics of painting. Traces the history of the misunderstanding of the "window" in art history and criticism since Ruskin, focusing on Gombrich and his influence.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
• Art theory
• Italy
• 1400-1500
• Writings
• Painting
• Windows
• Art criticism
• Art history
• Modernism
• Theory
• Interpretation
• Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
• Théorie de l'art
• Italie
• 1400-1500
• Ecrits
• Peinture
• Fenêtre
• Critique d'art
• Histoire de l'art
• Modernisme
• Théorie
• Interprétation
• Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00416722

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