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The Eloquence of Color: Rhetoric and Painting in the French Classical Age (New Historicism)
The Eloquence of Color Rhetoric and Painting in the French Classical Age - New Historicism
Author: Jacqueline Lichtenstein
In this richly suggestive contribution to the theory of art, Jacqueline Lichtenstein discusses the importance of color in reconciling ancient differences between rhetoric and painting. The visible world had been suspect since Plato accused the Sophists of relying on rhetorical show, of being in effect makeup artists. Before the 17th cent...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520069077
ISBN-10: 0520069072
Publication Date: 5/4/1993
Pages: 269
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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