The Structure of Art

This book is an attempt to bridge the gap between art analysis and the staggering varity of means by which art is expressed. Its premise is this: firstly, any successful form of analysis must use the same techniques to explain all forms of art; secondly, effective art analysis must presuppose that the historical consistency of art is due to a highly sophisticated but hidden logical structure observed without exception by all successful artists; and finally, such a method must apply this logical structure to reveal how and in what particular sense artistic expression changes, while remainning the same.