The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry
By Walter Pater
- Release Date: 1894-01-01
- Genre: Art & Architecture
Description
It is a collection of beautifully written essays on various artistic movements of the Renaissance, and concludes with Pater's urgent call to readers to experience life as fully as possible. For Pater, Victorian sensibilities suppressed true enjoyment in life. His "art for art's sake" philosophy found in this work became the manifesto of the Aesthetic Movement.
