Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of Pictures

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BOOKPatterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of PicturesMichael Baxandall https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00091 Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-13411Copy Distinguished art historian Michael Baxandall here discusses the historical understanding of works of art: how we can discover the intentions of an artist living in a different time and culture and to what extent we can test and evaluate a historical interpretation of a picture. Analyzing in detail paintings by Picasso, Chardin, and Piero della Francesca, Baxandall shows how this inferential criticism sharpens our legitimate satisfaction in the art works themselves.*This eBook is available exclusively on the A&AePortal*AuthorMichael BaxandallPublisherYale University PressPrint publication date July 1985 (in print)Print ISBN 9780300034653EISBN 9780300220483Copyright© 1985 by Yale UniversityIllustrations 74Print Status in print Publisher (in print) WorldCat Google Books

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