Laocoon: An Essay Upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry: With Remarks Illustrative of Various Points in the History of Ancient Art (L'Esprit Et Les Formes, #35)

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Originally published in 1766, the "Laocoon" has been called the first modern attempt to define the distinctive spheres of art and poetry, and its author, Lessing, the first modern esthetician. Lessing invented the modern concept of the artistic medium and modernist assumptions of the uniqueness of the individual arts. A new Foreword by Michael Fried emphasizes Lessing's current importance regarding trends in art history and literary theory. (Philosophy)

• ISBN10: 1293454249
• ISBN13: 9781293454244
• Publish Date: 5 January 2014 (first published 28 March 1984)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Imprint: Nabu Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 276
• Language: English