Art and anarchy

• Main Author: Wind Edgar 1900-1971 (Author)
• Other Authors: Bayley, John (introduction)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: [Evanston, Ill.] Northwestern University Press 1985
• Edition: 3rd ed., new reset ed., 3rd ed. in USA
• Subjects: Art
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• Physical Description: xx, 160 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0810107201; 9780810107205; 0810106620; 9780810106628

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 age--the dispassionate acceptance of art. In the course of his discussion, Wind surveyed a wide range of topics in the history of painting, literature, music, and the plastic arts from the Renaissance to modern times.