Laocoon's Body and the Aesthetics of Pain: Winckelmann, Lessing, Herder, Moritz, Goethe by Richter, Simon - 1992

Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Slim Octavo. 231 pp, list of 10 illustrations, Introduction, 6 chapters with quotes - tables - figures. Conclusion, Notes, Works Consulted, Index. .

Detroit: Wayne State University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. 0814324045 . Previous owner's name crossed out on front endpaper. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 231, [1 (blank)] pages. Black boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 220 x 140mm. 10 illustrations. "Before the sixteenth century, no one had seen the Greek statue, the Laocoon, since antiquity, but popular aesthetic judgment insisted that it was an ideal work of art, the unapproachable model for imitation and aspiration. When in 1506 a vintner found the statue just outside Rome, the contradiction between the ideal and the reality was readily apparent; the statue depicted not a vision of beauty, but the representation of a body in pain. Since the eighteenth century, the Laocoon has been at the crux of German aesthetics. 'Laocoon's Body and the Aesthetics of Pain' examines the writings of Winckelmann, Lessing, Herder, Moritz, and… Read More