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Laocoon: An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry
Laocoon An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry
Author: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Originally published in 1766, Lessing's seminal tract is a turning point in the study of Western art. In this essay on the origins, forms, and influences of painting and poetry, Lessing helped frame modern conceptions of the artistic medium, and founded our modernist assumptions of the uniqueness of the individual arts.
ISBN-13: 9781103251124
ISBN-10: 1103251120
Publication Date: 2/11/2009
Pages: 264
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Publisher: BiblioLife
Book Type: Paperback
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