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Laocoon

Laocoon

Ephraim Lessing, Gotthold

Paperback

PhilosophyArt HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354444806
ISBN13: 9789354444807
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 26 2021
Pages: 354
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.79 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Why can the sculpted Laocoon only cry out silently, while the poet lets him scream? From this simple puzzle, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing unfolds a bold inquiry into what images and words each can truly do. Its questions still unsettle us. Laocoon stands at the crossroads of classic art criticism, literary criticism classic and philosophy of art treatise. Testing the boundaries between poetry and painting, Lessing contrasts time and space, action and form, movement and stillness, creating a lucid framework that shaped classical aesthetics theory and neoclassical art theory alike. Rooted in 18th-century German philosophy and Enlightenment era aesthetics, his argument speaks directly to modern debates on media, representation and the power of the visual. Essential reading for art history students and for readers of Kant or Winckelmann classical art, this seminal work rewards anyone curious about how we look, read and interpret. Scholars will recognise a foundational text of required reading in aesthetics; general readers discover an unusually vivid mind, writing with polemical edge and humane clarity. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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