Laocoon's body and the aesthetics of pain : Winckelmann, Lessing, Herder, Moritz, Goethe

Author

Richter, Simon

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill.; diagrams; bibliogr.; index ; 231 p. ; 1992

ISBN

0-8143-2404-5

Publisher

Wayne State University Press, Detroit (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Studies German writings on the Laocoön, presenting various contexts in which to understand the five authors' interest in the representation of pain that characterizes the antique statue. Considers the influence of aesthetics, the medical sciences, and attitudes toward the body and violence.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Germany
• Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
• Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781
• Herder, Johann Gottfried von, 1744-1803
• Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1757-1793
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
• Writings
• Laocoön
• Sculpture
• Ancient [art]
• Art theory
• Pain (emotion)
• Germany
• 1700-1800
• Science

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Allemagne
• Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
• Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781
• Herder, Johann Gottfried von, 1744-1803
• Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1757-1793
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
• Ecrits
• Laocoon
• Sculpture
• Antique (art)
• Théorie de l'art
• Douleur
• Allemagne
• 1700-1800
• Sciences

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00347266

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