History of Western Art Criticism

Author: (Italian) Lionello Venturi / Chi Ke
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Indeed, history is not only the history of great achievements but also the history of daily life. Without ordinary life, the achievements of heroes would not appear or be understandable. The history of art has always been, and will always be in the foreseeable future, the history of aesthetic taste. The history of art criticism primarily focuses not on the personality of the common people but on the individual characteristics of the artist. Lionello Venturi's A History of Western Art Criticism is a classic work on the history of Western art, a product of Venturi's decade-long research on art history, and can also be seen as a summary of his views on art history and his aesthetic perspectives. In this book, Venturi meticulously dissects and organizes the artistic viewpoints of hundreds of artists and cultural figures from ancient Greece and Rome to the first half of the 20th century. With eras as the longitude and artists as the latitude, he stages the evolution and transformation of various artistic trends and understandings, providing readers with a comprehensive overview of the history of art criticism while also conveying the author's unique artistic insights.