Hardcover
1987 · Cambridge, England
by Summers, David
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very clean, tight copy but art school ex-lib. with usual marks. Dj faded at spine and areas of covers.. Off-white cloth; Orange illus. dj.; xiii + 365 pp.; 7 bw figures; Mylar cover. 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 #: 157375)