Absorption and Theatricality

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Absorption and Theatricality is written by Michael Fried and published by Univ of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520043391 (ISBN 10) and 9780520043398 (ISBN 13).

With this widely acclaimed work, Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism were viewed and understood. "A reinterpretation supported by immense learning and by a series of brilliantly perceptive readings of paintings and criticism alike. . . . An exhilarating book."— John Barrell, "London Review of Books"