Woodward, Servanne
Diderot and Rousseau's Contributions to Aesthetics

The personal reflexions of Diderot and Rousseau on art, beauty and inventive genius are vividly presented in the context of Parisian artistic institutions during the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI. The book offers a refreshing perspective into the pre-Revolutionary movement of the Enlightenment promoted by Diderot and the pre-Romantic sensibility modelled by Rousseau. This look back into the 18th century is very suggestive in regards to the current philosophies of art and may raise new answers to old questions. X,231 Seiten mit Abb. und Notenbeispielen, gebunden (New Studies in Aesthetics; Vol. 8/Peter Lang Verlag 1991) Mängelexemplar/near mint