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Style is, above all, a system of forms with a quality and a meaningful expression through which the personality of the artist andthe broad outlook of a group are visible,... communicating and fixing certain values of religious, social, and moral life through the emotional suggestiveness of forms. It is, besides, a common ground against which innovations and individuality of particular works may be measured.

Meyer Schapiro

Meyer Schapiro

Meyer Schapiro

Born: September 23, 1904

Died: March 3, 1996 (aged 91)

Bio: Meyer Schapiro was a Lithuanian-born American art historian known for forging new art historical methodologies that incorporated an interdisciplinary approach to the study of works of art.

Known for:

Modern Art (1978)
Theory and philosophy of art (1994)
Romanesque Art (1977)
Impressionism
Paul Cezanne (1959)

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