Reflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture - Dubos, Jean-Baptiste 1670-1742 (Paris Mariette, 1719)
The Réflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture is a work on the theory of art, the theory of literature and the theory of music by Jean-Baptiste Dubos, first published in 1719 and often republished since.Taking Horace's hemistiche Ut pictura poesis as its epigraph, the Réflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture marked a turning point in aesthetic thought and was to exert a considerable influence on the development of theatrical art and music throughout the Enlightenment.
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Ut Pictura Poesis
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Literature; Music criticism; Art criticism; France