Beschreibung:
Irving Lavin, one of America's most highly regarded art historians, occupies the permanent chair in art history at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author of Bernini and the Unity of the Visual Arts (1980) and numerous other books and essays on the history of art ranging from late antiquity to Jackson Pollock.
A fascinating exploration of art from the Renaissance to modern times by one of America's most distinguished art historians. Focusing on specific masterpieces like Michelangelo's David, Bernini's image of the Sun King, and Picasso's lithographs of bulls, Lavin addresses creations that seek to define the present expressly in terms of the past.