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Author De Bolla, Peter, 1957-

Title The education of the eye : painting, landscape, and architecture in eighteenth-century Britain / Peter de Bolla
Published Stanford, Calif. ; [Great Britain] : Stanford University Press, 2003

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  709.4109033 Deb/Eot  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: The Education of the Eye -- 1. The Culture of Visuality -- 2. Vauxhall Gardens: The Visibility of Visuality -- 3. The Leasowes and Hagley Park: A School for Taste -- 4. Kedleston Hall: A Palace of Art -- 5. The Sentimental Look
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-268) and index
Subject Arts -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Aesthetics, British -- 18th century.
Visual perception -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
LC no. 2002152900
ISBN 0804748004 paperback alkaline paper
0804744556 cloth alkaline paper