The Eternal Present, Volume I: The Beginnings of Art

by Sigfried Giedion

A groundbreaking reevaluation of paleolithic art through the lens of modernism, from the acclaimed historian of art and architecture

In The Beginnings of Art, Sigfried Giedion, best known as a historian of architecture, shifts his attention to art and its very origins. Breaking with an earlier, materialistic approach, he explores paleolithic art by bringing abstraction, transparency, and simultaneity into play as modern art...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691251908
• ISBN13: 9780691251905
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.0" x 9.9"