Art and Anarchy

by Edgar Wind, Duckworth Co., Ltd., Duckworth Company Staff

Book Overview

Will works of the imagination ever regain the power they once had to challenge and mould society and the individual? This was the question posed by Edgar Wind's influential Reith Lectures delivered in 1960 and later expanded into his book Art and Anarchy. The book examines the various forces that have fashioned the modern view of the art, from mechanization and fear of intellect to connoisseurship and--perhaps the fundamental weakness of our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810106620
• ISBN13: 9780810106628
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"