Ebook: Social History of Art, Volume 3

BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME III -- 1. THE DISSOLUTION OF COURTLY ART -- 2. THE NEW READING PUBLIC -- 3. THE ORIGINS OF DOMESTIC DRAMA -- 4. GERMANY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT -- 5. REVOLUTION AND ART -- 6. GERMAN AND WESTERN ROMANTICISM -- NOTES -- INDEX.;First published in 1951, Arnold Hauser's commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the 'Film Age'. Exploring the interaction between art and society, Hauser effectively details social and historical movements and sketches the frameworks in which visual art is produced. This new edition of a classic work provides an excellent introduction to the work of Arnold Hauser. In his introduction to the four volumes of The Social History of Art, Jonathan Harris demonstrates the importance of the work for contemporary art histo.