The Structure of Art
New York: George Braziller, 1971, 1973. Revised Edition, Second Printing. Softcover. Black wraps, 195 pp., BW illus. G- (Has moderate aging and soiling, esp. to back cover and last several pages.). Item #155014
ISBN: 0807605956
"This book is an attempt to bridge the gap between art analysis and the staggering variety of means by which art is expressed. Its premise is simply this: firstly, any successful form of art analysis must use the same techniques to explain all forms of art; secondly, effective art analysis must presuppose that the historical consistency of art (call it esthetics) is due to a highly sophisticated but hidden logical structure observed without exception by all successful artists; and finally, such a method must apply this logical structure to reveal how and in what particular sense artistic expression changes, while remaining the same." (back cover).
Price: $39.00