Signs and Meaning in Eighteenth-Century Art: Epistemology, Rhetoric, Painting, Poesy, Music, Dramatic Performance, and G.F. Hand

Explains how historical, rhetorical, and epistemological concepts that lie behind art, its making, and its performance contribute to our understanding of 18th-century European art. Leans heavily toward musical drama and its audience because it requires a historical understanding that combines the dimensions of other artistic media, and particularly on Handel's dramatic oratorios. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.