PANOFSKY GERDA

(P/B) STUDIES IN ICONOLOGY
"Only two or three other books in the literature of the history of art have had an effect comparable to "Studies in lconology". In it Erwin Panofsky showed that the knowledge of the meaning of a work of art of the past increased not only its relevance to us but also its beauty, and for the determination of this meaning he presented precise historical methods, subject to objective control. The book, however, is not only a landmark in the discipline and in the humanities as a whole. Zestful, illuminated by a rare intelligence and an even rar...
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