The Pulse of Modernism
Physiological Aesthetics in Fin-de-Siècle Europe
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, History, Modern, 20th Century
| Author: | Robert Michael Brain | ISBN: | 9780295805788 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press | Publication: | May 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Michael Brain |
| ISBN: | 9780295805788 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Publication: | May 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
