The attitude of medieval men of letters towards plastic arts; architecture and applied art has so far been studied from a primarily aesthetic point of view. The cause of this may be found; I offer no opinion on it; in the conceptions of the authors who have been publishing on this during the last seventy-five years or in the fact that most medieval texts that until recently were available in editions; were for the greater part works of a theological; mystical or 1 encyclopaedic-theoretical kind. Anyhow; it is an estab lished fact that these studies were brought to bear on the texts of a limited number of well-known medieval writers; such as: Augustine; Isidore of Sevilla; Strabo; Scotus Erigena; Alcuin; Hugh and Richard of S. Victor; Honore of Autun; Bonaventure; Thomas Aquinas and Vincent of Beauvais. The writings of these authors had been published in large series such as Mignes Patr%gia Latina; the 3 1 L. Venturi; Storia della critica darte; Turin 1964 (1st ed. Brussels 1938); E. de Bruyne; Etudes dEsthetique medievale; 3 vols; Bruges 1946; R. Assunto; La critica darte nel pensiero medioevale; Milan 1961; id.; Die Theorie des SchOnen im Mittelalter; Cologne 1963; E. F. van der Grinten; Enquiries into the History of Art Historical Writing; Amsterdam 1952; L. Grassi; Costruzione della critica darte; Rome 1955; C. Barret; "Medieval Art Criticism;" The British Journal of Aesthetics 5 (1965); 25-36; Encyclopedia of World Art; vol.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Accuracy can be a virtue...By Moshe BloxenheimThis book is worth it for the wide range of historical photos - but while quite a few ferry photos are excellent; they have precious little to do with the Staten Island Ferry and the captions often range from inaccurate to wildly misapplied - my favorite example being the photo on Page 25 of the Chambers Street; Manhattan Terminal for the Erie Railroad Ferry with a fleet of horse-drawn market and delivery wagons in front of it being captioned "At Whitehall Terminal; Manhattan; horse-drawn wagons wait in the yard to pick up passengers as they disembark from the ferry." This truly made me wonder at the personnel of the Staten Island Museum who clearly intended to create an enjoyable volume only to produce a book capable of annoying maritime buffs and Staten Island Ferry enthusiasts alike. This contrasts sadly with Arcadia Publishings related and far more accurate volume "Staten Island Rapid Transit" by Mr. Marc Pitanza.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. OK but has errors.By CustomerTypical Acadia "Images of America" book. But disappointingly has many errors of fact. Book was written by and copyrighted by Staten Island Museum who you would expect to not publish errors. For example on page 31 there is a photo of the "New Brunswick" which ran between Staten Island and New Brunswick; this is so totally wrong! The New Brunswick was a Pennsylvania RR boat and ran between New York and Jersey City. The City of New Brunswick NJ is too far upstream to allow heavy ferries of this type. Page 23 states Elizabethport NJ was known as Holland Hook. HOWLAND HOOK is the area on the Staten Island side of the Arthur Kill. Also the photo does not appear to be of a New York area ferry at all.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. On your way to the "Big Apple"By Martin VehstedtSuper quality photos! Arcadia books are great.