Abstraction and Empathy: A Contribution to the Psychology of Style by Worringer, Wilhelm
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Abstraction and Empathy: A Contribution to the Psychology of Style by Worringer, Wilhelm

Abstraction and Empathy: A Contribution to the Psychology of Style

Ivan R. Dee Publisher
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Description

Worringer's classic study argues that in historical periods of anxiety and uncertainty, man seeks to abstract objects from their unpredictable state and transform them into absolute, transcendental forms. With an introduction by Hilton Kramer.

Author: Wilhelm Worringer
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Published: 10/01/1997
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.03w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781566631778
ISBN10: 1566631777
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Criticism & Theory
- Art | History | Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)

About the Author
Wilhelm Worringer (1881-1965) was an art historian who lectured and taught at the universities of Bern, Königsberg, and Halle. Hilton Kramer is editor of The New Criterion.