The Pulse of Modernism Physiological Aesthetics in Fin-De-Siècle Europe - In Vivo

Robert Michael Brain

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Robert Brain traces the origins of artistic modernism to specific technologies of perception developed in late-nineteenth-century laboratories. Brain argues that the thriving fin-de-siècle field of "physiological aesthetics," which sought physiological explanations for the capacity to appreciate beauty and art, changed the way poets, artists, and musicians worked and brought a dramatic transformation to the idea of art itself.

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ISBN:	9780295993201
Publisher:	University of Washington Press
Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Pub date:	02 Mar 2015
DEWEY:	111.85094
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	384
Weight:	784g
Height:	191mm
Width:	240mm
Spine width:	28mm