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


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*


Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder in the Age of DiderotPaperback, 15 September 1988

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