Practical Form: Abstraction, Technique, and Beauty in Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics, Hardcover/Abigail Zitin

Abigail Zitin proposes a new history of the development of form as a concept in and for aesthetics. Vividly tracing convergences of aesthetic theory and artistic practice in eighteenth-century Europe, she restores craft and skill to their central place in our understanding of taste and beauty. About author(s): Abigail Zitin is associate professor of English at Rutgers University.