Principles of Art History¶
Wölfflin, H. (. (1915/1932). Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art.
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- Abstraction in Art
- Abstraction clarifies that the viewer's engagement is with structure and formal relationship rather than with narrative, symbolism, or the identification of depicted things, a distinction Wölfflin (1915) developed as the formal-style basis of pictorial analysis.
This sourceG. Bell and Sons. Original German: Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe, Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1915. Five binary categories (linear/painterly, plane/recession, etc.) for non-iconographic formal analysis; supports the formal-style-analysis claim (inline, Clarity).
- Abstraction clarifies that the viewer's engagement is with structure and formal relationship rather than with narrative, symbolism, or the identification of depicted things, a distinction Wölfflin (1915) developed as the formal-style basis of pictorial analysis.
- Ornamentation
- A common failure is treating ornamental tradition as static and unchanging, missing how traditions evolve through individual practice, or conversely treating individual innovation as paramount and dismissing the cultural knowledge embedded in tradition
This sourceG. Bell and Sons. Original German: Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe: Das Problem der Stilentwickelung in der neueren Kunst, Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1915. Five binary categories (linear/painterly, plane/recession, etc.) for formal analysis of pictorial style; foundational tool for non-iconographic visual analysis.
- A common failure is treating ornamental tradition as static and unchanging, missing how traditions evolve through individual practice, or conversely treating individual innovation as paramount and dismissing the cultural knowledge embedded in tradition
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