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Pulse of Modernism : Physiological Aesthetics in Fin-de-siècle Europe (Reprint) (Paperback) (Robert
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Robert Brain traces the origins of artistic modernism to specific technologies of perception developed in late-nineteenth-century laboratories. Brain argues that the thriving fin-de-siècle field of "physiological aesthetics," which sought physiological explanations for the capacity to appreciate beauty and art, changed the way poets, artists, and musicians worked and brought a dramatic transformation to the idea of art itself.
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 348.0
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