Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Wolfflin and Friedlander and Anti-Mannerism. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 7 page paper discusses the painting “Rest on the Flight to Egypt” by Caravaggio in light of the comments of art critics Heinrich Wolfflin and Walter Friedlander. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Page Count:
7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_HVAnMann.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
Discussion One of Wolfflins main points is that its possible to determine what country a painter is from by examining his work; that is, certain groups of painters are recognizably
of the Dutch "school" or the Flemish "school." He argues that there is a certain unity to be found in a culture; what he calls a "national feeling" (Wolfflin 9)
such that the values found in art are also reflected in architecture and other art forms. This is a sort of "national psychology" which operates so that an artist who
lives in a particular culture at a particular time will produce a work that is recognizably of that time and society. At least that holds true for some periods, but,
as he notes, "Different times give birth to different art. Epoch and race interact" (Wolfflin 9). Further, Wolfflin suggests that its necessary to establish how many "general traits a style
contains" before it can be considered a "national style" (Wolfflin 9). Finally, he suggests that this type of development can be best demonstrated in Italian art, because it developed "independently
of outside influences and the general nature of the Italian character remains fully recognisable [sic] throughout" (Wolfflin 9). Wolfflin also suggests that painters of the Italian Renaissance "strove to
achieve the image of perfection at rest within itself. Every form developed to self-existent being, the whole freely co-ordinated: nothing but independently living parts" (Wolfflin 9). He goes on to
say that in these paintings, there is "nothing ... but forms in which the human being may find an existence satisfied in itself, extending beyond human measure, but always accessible
to the imagination" (Wolfflin 9). (We could wish that his writing was as accessible as he claims the paintings to be.) At any rate, it seems that what he is
...