The Education of the Eye: Painting, Landscape, and Architecture in Eighteenth-Century Britain

The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain, setting out to reclaim visual culture for the democracy of the eye and to explain how aesthetic contemplation may, once more, be open to all who have eyes to look.

Author: Peter de Bolla
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 05/29/2003
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.36w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9780804748001

About the Author
Peter de Bolla is a Fellow at King's College, Cambridge. His most recent book is Art Matters (2001).