AGEC 3503 Chapter : AGEC3503 Chp1 Pg6
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Born 1932 in marseille, france, grew up in fes, morocco. Emeritus of the sorbonne, prof. coll ge de france, member of the. French academy, chair #6 (one of the immortals ) Compares literary and artistic forms of expression across time from cultural exchanges in the 17th and 18th centuries; scholae ( ), otium and. Revival of the study of rhetoric, e. g. quarrel between ancients and moderns. Critical of contemporary art, believes that notion of quality is applicable in (17th century france, age of louis xiv); french language as a catalyst for classical antiquity to the present day negotium art. Entire books written filled with definitions of art by more or less famous people. Notion of art difficult to define (more true than ever in the 20th and 21st centuries) Form of communication that uses a visual vocabulary. Objective of this class: lending a voice to the work of art, make it speak.
