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The Renaissance
The Floating Press 2010; US$ 4.99The era now referred to as the Renaissance represented an unparalleled blossoming of art and culture. Take a tour of the period through the imagination of Walter Pater, one of England's most renowned art historians and critics. In this volume, Pater turns his attention to a series of Renaissance masterpieces in visual art and literature. An informative... more...
The Renaissance
Andrews UK 2011; US$ 8.99This fantastic classic text is Pater's graceful collection of essays discussing the achievements of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and other artists. The book concludes with an uncompromising advocacy of hedonism, urging readers to experience life as fully as possible. His cry of "art for art's sake" became the manifesto of the... more...
Marius the Epicurean
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99In the exquisite prose style that was profound and perceptive, Pater has united philosophy, truth and moral values. He draws the portrait of a young man whose quest for truth takes him from Stoicism to Cyrenaicism to Epicurianism and finally to Christianity. The book imparts the idea that ethical traditions of religion are important as they are the... more...
Imaginary Portraits
ReadHowYouWant 2006; US$ 4.99In this book a series of philosophical essays have been included. With thoughts on different topics some sketches have been presented that are in-depth and stimulating. A great amalgamation of thoughts emotions and ideas that compel the reader to move forward. more...
The Renaissance
University of California Press 1980; US$ 25.56The Renaissance is a strikingly original and influential collection of essays in which Walker Pater gave memorable expression to an aesthetic view of life. It has never before been published in a scholarly edition. Donald L. Hill reproduces Pater's text of 1893, with a record of all verbal variations in other editions, from the early magazine versions... more...
The Renaissance
Start Publishing LLC 2013; US$ 1.99Pater's graceful essays discuss the achievements of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and other artists. Included is his celebrated discussion of the Mona Lisa in a study of Da Vinci. This book concludes with an uncompromising advocacy of hedonism, urging readers to experience life as fully as possible. His cry of "art for art's sake" became the... more...
The Renaissance
Digireads.com Publishing 2004; US$ 4.49This work examines the work of Renaissance artists. more...
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