TAINE, Hippolyte.

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Philosophie de l'art en Grèce. First edition of the third series of essays discussing the art of different countries, based on Taine's lecture notes from the École des Beaux-Arts, following Philosophie de l'Art en Italie in 1866 and Philosophie de l'Art au Pays-Bas in 1868."Taine's method, the application of which rhetorically drives and structures the lecture series, consisted of reinserting art into its historical 'ensemble', a process that, he claimed, would effectively explain its meaning... In order to be understood, art must be considered within the context of the career of the artist, the school to which he belonged, and the society and culture that surrounded it" (Mansfield, p. 222).

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