The Barbarian Invasions
A Genealogy of the History of Art
- Hardcover
280 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2019
Summary
How the history of art begins with the myth of the barbarian invasion-the romantic fragmentation of classical eternity.The history of art, argues ric Michaud, begins with the romantic myth of the barbarian invasions. Viewed from the nineteenth century, the Germanic-led invasions of the Roman Empire in the fifth century became the gateway to modernity, seen not as a catastrophe but as a release from a period of stagnation, renewing Roman culture with fresh, northern blood-and with new art tha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262043151 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262043157 |
| Author: | Eric Michaud |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 806g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 21mm |
| Series: | October Books |
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Eric Michaud
ric Michaud is Directeur d’etudes at the cole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris, and a 2018-2019 Fellow at the Italian Academy at Columbia University.
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