Practical Form: Abstraction, Technique, and Beauty in Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics

By Abigail Zitin

Abigail Zitin proposes a new history of the development of form as a concept in and for aesthetics. Vividly tracing convergences of aesthetic theory and artistic practice in eighteenth-century Europe, she restores craft and skill to their central place in our understanding of taste and beauty.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300244568
• ISBN13: 9780300244564
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"