FAH102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jacob Burckhardt, Sigmund Freud, Solidity
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Historical insight of the initial attempts to establish scientific" criteria of pictures by means of visual analysis. Wrote the civilization of the renaissance in italy" (1860: wanted to put pictures in historical and psychological context. Has a distrust of historical progress accepted the nature of a universal spirit expressed in culture: his approach to art and history was very important. Moving away from the simplified history (battles), discussed complex life of people including religion, art and literature. Comes very near to material culture, taking account of artifacts and the things around these artifacts. Wrote renaissance and baroque" (1888), classic art" (1898) and principles of art history" (1915) Strives to have a unbiased, objective perspective when analyzing at work of art. Try to find the truth within images. Try to think out of the box" but sometimes there is no solution. ". Not everything is possible at all times. Tried to make art history scientific, competing with biology and physics.
