Illustrated Treasure Edition -- Aesthetics Philosophy (Boxed Set of Two Volumes)

Author: (French) D'Aubigny
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: "The Art of Progress" is a "monumental work on art, history, and human culture," and it "adopts not the form of an ordinary textbook but profound insights into the major trends of artistic development." D'Aubigny advocates for the study of knowledge to "start from facts, not ideologies; to explore laws rather than impart lessons, and to prove those laws." He believes that the nature and appearance of material civilization and spiritual civilization depend on three major factors: race, environment, and era. Based on this principle, he elucidates the artistic traditions of Italy, the Netherlands, and ancient art. The last section, "The Ideal in Art," is D'Aubigny's aesthetics. The entire work is not only meticulously structured and lucid but also filled with passion, vivid imagery, and rich color, entirely free of the dry and dullness common to theoretical essays. "The Art of Progress" is a treasured illustrated edition, divided into two volumes: a pictorial volume and a text volume. The pictorial volume features a carefully selected collection of 522 images, including 484 color photographs, all meticulously retaken by the veteran photographer, Mr. Chen Yuan, at the age of eighty.