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Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot
Absorption and Theatricality Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot Author:Michael Fried With this widely acclaimed work, Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism were viewed and understood. "A reinterpretation supported by immense learning and by a series of brilliantly perceptive readings of paintings and criticism alike. . . . An exhilarating book."--John Barrell, London Review of Book... more »s« less