Paris: Garnier Frères, Libraires-Éditeurs 6, Rue Des Saints-Pères, Et Palais-Royal, 215 -, 1865
Physical Description
[4], vii, [1], 380 p.; 175 mm. (Duodecimo.)
Contents
[Half-t., t.p.] - Avertissement Au Lecteur - [Text] - Table Des Matières; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The printer is named on the half-title verso and in the colophon: 'Paris. - Imprimerie Édouard Blot, 46, Rue Saint-Louis, Au Marais.'
References
K. Herding, 'Einführung in Proudhons Kunsttheorie', in Von den Grundlagen und der sozialen Bestimmung der Kunst (1988), p.13-69; F. Gaillard, 'Théorie de la destination sociale de l'art: remarques sur certaines thèses de l'ouvrage de P.J. Proudhon, Du Principe De L'Art', in Art Social und Art Industriel: Funktionen der Kunst im Zeitalter der Industrialismus (1987), p.170-84; J.H. Rubin, Realism and social vision in Courbet and Proudhon (1980).
Summary Note
The text is an exploration of the place of art in social progress. Proudhon believed that, by representing an ideal, art unveiled the potential of humanity.
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; black morocco spine-label lettered 'Proudhon. Du Principe De L'Art.'
Subject
Art - Art and society - Theory
Treatises - France - 19th century