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Author Barry, James, 1741-1806.

Title An inquiry into the real and imaginary obstructions to the acquisition of the arts in England / By James Barry, Royal academician, and member of the Clementine academy of Bologna ...

Imprint London : Printed for T. Becket, 1775.

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 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 11799    ---  Available
Description vii, [5], 227 p.
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 11799
Note In this book "he demolished, with much force and eloquence, the opinions of Winckelmann and other foreign critics, that the genius of the English was limited by the climate of their country, and also urged hiw own theory, that art, before it could be honourable in England, must devote itself to historic composition." - Dictionary of national biography.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc. 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 11799)
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Subject Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768.
Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800.
Art -- Philosophy.
History in art.
Classicism in art.
Art and history.
Art, English.

 
    
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