The Barbarian Invasions: A Genealogy of the History of Art

by Eric Michaud

Book Overview

How the history of art begins with the myth of the barbarian invasion--the romantic fragmentation of classical eternity.

The history of art, argues ric Michaud, begins with the romantic myth of the barbarian invasions. Viewed from the nineteenth century, the Germanic-led invasions of the Roman Empire in the fifth century became the gateway to modernity, seen not as a catastrophe but as a release from a period of stagnation, renewing Roman...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262043157
• ISBN13: 9780262043151
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.1"