Breaking man's urge to create down to the point of a dialectic battle between his level of comfort with the surrounding environment, Worringer outlines the historical balance between our urge to make what we perceive concrete (through abstraction) or organic (through empathy). Written as a strictly scholarly attempt to correct the one-sidedness of the aesthetics then current, propelled into prominence overnight, it soon found itself in the position of a manifesto heralding the powerful modern trends towards abstract art. Hilton Kramer's introduction considers the influence of Worringer's thesis and places his book in historical context. Waite --2. Saatchi Art is pleased to offer the painting, "Will to Abstraction, A thought for Wilhelm Worringer," by Anna Maria Papadimitriou, sold and originally listed for $6,450 USD. Breaking man's urge to create down to the point of a dialectic battle between his level of comfort with the surrounding environment, Worringer outlines the historical balance between our urge to make what we perceive concrete (through abstraction) or organic (through empathy). What proved to be so timely in Abstraction and Empathy was Worringer's further claim that this will to abstraction was to be understood to be one of the two fundamental aesthetic impulses known to human culture-the other, of course, being the urge to empathy which manifests itself in the naturalistic depiction of the observable world. Abstraction and Empathy book. Worringer Revisited Abstraction and Empathy, the young Wilhelm Worringer's doctor-al dissertation of 1908, is very much a classic now. Il a enseigné à l' Université de Berne de 1909 à 1914. Aug 22, 2018. Size is 31.5 H x 59.1 W x 1.6 in. Read 4 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. SUMMARY: Worringer identifies two opposing tendencies pervading the history of art from ancient times through the Enlightenment. Original Painting: Oil on Canvas. ence in the world as it is - as in Renaissance art. Wilhelm Worringer (1881–1965) was an art historian who lectured and taught at the universities of Bern, Königsberg, and Halle. Worringer's Abstraction and Empathy: Remarks on Its Reception and on the Rhetoric of Its Criticism / Geoffrey C.W. Drawn from Deutsche Bank’s extensive collection of works on paper, this exhibition takes its inspiration, and its title, from Wilhelm Worringer’s seminal 1908 book Abstraction and Empathy. Sa thèse a été publiée l'année suivante sous le titre Abstraction et Empathie: Essai dans la psychologie du style et reste son œuvre la plus connue.
Abstraction and Apathy: Crystalline Form in Expressionism and in the Minimalism of Tony Smith / Joseph Masheck --3. It gives an excellent perspective on western thought in the early 20th century. Worringer a étudié l' histoire de l' art à Fribourg, Berlin et Munich avant de déménager à Berne, où il a obtenu son doctorat en 1907. Without writing a summary, I have to say that this book was delightful. For anyone interested in understanding how spirituality came to be associated with abstract art, “Abstraction and Empathy: Essay in the Psychology of Style” (1907), by Wilhelm Worringer, is an essential read. Hilton Kramer is editor of The New Criterion. from Abstraction and Empathy – Wilhelm Worringer. Changing Times, Changing Styles: Wilhelm Worringer and the Art of His Epoch / Magdalena Bushart --4. culture […] Our investigations proceed from the presupposition that the work of art, as an autonomous organism, stands beside nature on equal terms and, in its deepest and innermost essence, devoid of any connection with it, in so far as by nature is understood the visible surface of things.