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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. 2 Volumes. Year 1965. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> It is by no means mere chance that our age has rediscovered and revalued Mannerism that long misjudged artistic style which came into its own during the crisis of the Renaissance. “The revolutionary change” as Dr. Hauser clearly and pointedly charac-terizes the situation “which came about in the history of art with Mannerism and created completely new stylistic standards essentially came about because the ways of art for the first time consciously and inten-tionally separated themselves from the ways of nature.” This applies not only to the visual arts but also to poetry. The origin of modern art lies unmistakably in this change. Expressionism Surrealism and Abstract Art prepared the ground for a new understanding of Mannerism and Dr. Hauser shows how this revaluation signifies an even deeper caesura in intellectual history than the crisis of the Renaissance itself in which Mannerism arose. These propositions however only touch on the problem which is exhaustively treated by Hauser in all its historical and thematical variations. As in his Social History of Art the author does not confine himself to the observation of development from the point of view of the history of art. In Part One he also considers the emergence of the scientific world view during the Renaissance the economic and social revolution religious movements and political ideas the problem of alienation and narcissism as keys to the understanding of Mannerism. Part Two which deals with the history of Mannerism both in Italy and abroad gives not only remarkable analyses of works of art with the aid of three hundred and twenty-two reproductions but also considers leading representatives of the literature of Manner ism in Italy Spain France and England. (OS)