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Klassitsism ja tõde
Classicism and Truth

Author(s): Juhan Maiste
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Eesti Kunstiteadlaste Ühing
Keywords: classicism; philosophy; Winckelmann

Summary/Abstract: Writing about classicism, we inevitably write about reception. The classics leave their descendants a form whose content is connected with its time and aspirations. The texts of classicism should be read in the light of the era's symbolic values; in order to understand them, we have to take into consideration the entire intellectual and material culture of the era, seeking the meanings for universal visual metaphors in literature, philosophy and verbal texts. The truth of classicism exceeds the frames of written pages.

  • Issue Year: 17/2008
  • Issue No: 01+02
  • Page Range: 7-11
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Estonian
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