Nantucket Summer

by Phyllis Green

In Pygmalion in Bavaria, Christiane Hertel introduces the sculptor Ignaz G?nther, placing him in the historical context of Bavarian Rococo art and Counter-Reformation religious visual culture. She also considers the remarkable aesthetic appeal of G?nther's oeuvre--and connects it to the eighteenth-century art theory that focused on sculpture and the creative paradigm of Pygmalion. Through this interweaving of contexts and discourses, Hertel offers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0840764030
• ISBN13: 9780840764034
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.