The Education of the Eye: Painting, Landscape, and Architecture in Eighteenth-Century Britain

by Peter De Bolla

Book Overview

The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain, setting out to reclaim visual culture for the democracy of the eye and to explain how aesthetic contemplation may, once more, be open to all who have eyes to look.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804748004
• ISBN13: 9780804748001
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"