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Discusses theories of form, the community of artists, naturalism, art and society, visionary art, and creativity as formulated by artists and critics of the period
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This unique and extraordinarily rich collection of writings offers a thematic approach to understanding the various theories of art that illumined the direction of nineteenth-century artists as diverse as Tommaso Minardi and Georges Seurat. It is significant that during the nineteenth century most artists felt compelled to found their artistic practice on a consciously established premise.
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