Three Essays on Style
Cambridge, Massachusetts / London, England: The MIT Press, 1995. Hardbound. Black cloth with blue, silver, and black dust jacket. 255 pp., some bw plates and illustrations. VG- (Slight scuffs to dj, otherwise clean.). Item #104115
ISBN: 0262161516
"Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968) was one of the preeminent art historians of the twentieth century. A new translation of his seminal work, "Perspective as Symbolic Form, was recently published by Zone Books; now three remarkable essays, one previously unpublished, place Panofsky's genius in a different perspective: "What Is Baroque?, Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures, and" The Ideological Antecedents of the Rolls-Royce Radiator. The essays are framed by an introduction by Irving Lavin, Panofsky's successor as Professor of Art History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, discussing the context of the essays' composition and their signficance within Panofsky's oeuvre, and an insightful memoir by Panofsky's former student, close friend, and fellow emigre, William Heckscher.All three essays reveal unexpected aspects of Panofsky's sensibility, both personal and intellectual. Originally written as lectures for general audiences, they are composed in a lively, informal manner, and are full of charm and wit." (dj). Includes two essays originally written in English and originally published in German: Die ideologischen Vorläufer des Rolls-Royce-Kühlers & Stil und Medium im Film. Frankfurt, New York : Campus Verlag, 1993./ Includes bibliographical references and index.
OCLC: 31970994
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