Neo-Classicism (Style and Civilization)

by Hugh Honour

Book Overview

English summary: Neo-classicism is often misunderstood as a cold, pedantic, even bombastic artistic movement. The present volume seeks to rehabilitate Neo-classicism, explaining its esthetic,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140209786
• Release Date: February 1978
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

a civilized pleasure

One of the clearest and verviest volumes of art history I've ever read. Eye-opening in the best sense: If you think of neoclassicism as a chilly, authoritarian, kaput style and subject, you're in for some surprises. You may even start to find neoclassicism entrancing and exciting. And what a writer. Hugh Honour has an easy, unstressed verbal grace, and an educated and incisive mind.