Reflections on Beauty and Taste in Painting
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Reflections on Beauty and Taste in Painting is an influential theoretical treatise by Anton Raphael Mengs that explores aesthetic principles and the nature of beauty in art, particularly painting.
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| Reflections on Beauty and Taste in Painting canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
aesthetic treatise
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art treatise ⓘ theoretical work on painting ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
define beauty in painting
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guide artists and connoisseurs ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Neoclassicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Anton Raphael Mengs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| discusses |
hierarchy of artistic genres
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idealization in painting ⓘ imitation of nature ⓘ moral dimension of beauty ⓘ role of drawing and color ⓘ universal standards of beauty ⓘ |
| field |
art history
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philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
aesthetic judgment
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classical ideals in art ⓘ criteria of good taste ⓘ ideal beauty ⓘ nature of beauty ⓘ principles of painting ⓘ relationship between nature and art ⓘ role of the artist’s imagination ⓘ |
| genre |
art theory
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philosophy of art ⓘ |
| hasForm |
essay
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theoretical discourse ⓘ |
| historicalContext | European Enlightenment aesthetics ⓘ |
| influenced |
art criticism in the late 18th century
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later Neoclassical aesthetics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Renaissance art theory
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Winckelmann’s classicism ⓘ classical art theory ⓘ |
| language |
English
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aesthetics
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beauty in art ⓘ taste in painting ⓘ theory of painting ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| proposes |
criteria for judging artworks
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rules for good taste in painting ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Neoclassical painting practice
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academic art theory ⓘ |
| workOf | Anton Raphael Mengs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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