Will works of the imagination ever regain the power they once had to challenge and mould society and the individual? This was the question posed by Edgar Wind's influential Reith Lectures delivered in 1960 and later expanded into his book Art and Anarchy. The book examines the various forces that have fashioned the modern view of the art, from mechanization and fear of intellect to connoisseurship and--perhaps the fundamental weakness of our age--the dispassionate acceptance of art. In the course of his discussion, Wind surveyed a wide range of topics in the history of painting, literature, music, and the plastic arts from the Renaissance to modern times.
- ISBN10 0394705009
- ISBN13 9780394705002
- Publish Date 28 March 1974
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Vintage
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 212
- Language English