The Judgment of Sense: Renaissance Naturalism and the Rise of Aesthetics
Hardcover
1987 · Cambridge, England
by Summers, David
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Hardcover. VG- (Sunning at spine of dj.; A few instances of underlining and notes in the margin). Off-white cloth; Orange illus. dj.; 365 pp.; 7 bw figures. From the jacket: ". . . shows how the medieval language of mental discourse derived from an understanding of classical thought, primarily Aristotelian, but also Platonic, Ciceronian, and Augustinian . . . This language provided the framework within which Renaissance attitudes toward artistic invention, judgment, and expression were articulated . . . This authoritative study will decisively influence the understanding not only of Renaissance art theory, but of the development of the entire Western aesthetic tradition. (Inventory #: 118245)