(62) The Critical Nature of a Work of Art; (63) Mantegna's 'Parnassus'. A Reply to Some Recent Reflections; (64) A Source for Reynold's Parody of 'The School of Athens'; (65) 'The Ark of Noah'. A Study in the Symbolism of Michelangelo; (66) A Note on Bacchus and Ariadne; (67) The Eloquence of Symbols; (68) Typology in the Sistine Ceiling: A Critical Statement; (69) Letter to the editor relating to Bellini's 'Feast of the Gods'; (70) Three Talks on Leonardo da Vinci for the BBC

Title

(62) The Critical Nature of a Work of Art; (63) Mantegna's 'Parnassus'. A Reply to Some Recent Reflections; (64) A Source for Reynold's Parody of 'The School of Athens'; (65) 'The Ark of Noah'. A Study in the Symbolism of Michelangelo; (66) A Note on Bacchus and Ariadne; (67) The Eloquence of Symbols; (68) Typology in the Sistine Ceiling: A Critical Statement; (69) Letter to the editor relating to Bellini's 'Feast of the Gods'; (70) Three Talks on Leonardo da Vinci for the BBC

Shelfmark

MS. Wind 76

Summary

Folder 1: (62) The Critical Nature of a Work of Art, 1948. Photocopies of article in Music and Criticism, 1948; typescript, c. 1960; photocopy of typescript with annotations; typescript of revised version, 1989. [IV, 20, i; WIND 83]

Folder 2: (63) Mantegna's 'Parnassus'. A Reply to Some Recent Reflections, 1949. Edgar Wind's reply to an article by Erica Tietze-Conrat about Bellini's 'Feast of the Gods', printed in The Art Bulletin, Vol. 31 No. 3, 1949. Also includes a copy of The Art Bulletin, Vol. 31 No. 2, 1949, with the article by Erica Tietze-Conrat, and a biographical article about Erica Tietze-Conrat, 1999. (see also (61). [IV, 20, ii; WIND 83]

Folder 3: (64) A Source for Reynold's Parody of 'The School of Athens', 1949. Offprints from Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol. 3 No. 2, 1949; typescript, c. 1960; related correspondence 1948-1949 and 1984. (65) The Ark of Noah. A Study in the Symbolism of Michelangelo, 1950. Copy of Measure, Vol. 1 No. 4, 1950; related correspondence 1948-1951 and 1967. (66) A note on Bacchus and Ariadne, 1950. Letter to the editor printed in The Burlington Magazine, Vol. XCII, Mar 1950; related photograph (see also (61)). [IV, 20, iii-v; WIND 83]

Folder 4: (67) The Eloquence of Symbols, 1950. Copy of The Burlington Magazine, Vol. XCII, 1950; original typescript; typescript version transcribed from a telephone recording, 13 June 1950; notes by Edgar Wind and Margaret Wind; photocopy of original typescript with revisions, 1989; photocopy of German version Die Beredsamkeit der Symbole published in Akzente, 2 (1982); correspondence relating to the German version, 1981-1983. [IV, 20, vi; WIND 83]

Folder 5: (68) Typology in the Sistine Ceiling. A Critical Statement, 1951. Offprint from The Art Bulletin, Vol. 33 No. 1, 1951 (see also Michelangelo material for related papers). (69) Letter to the Editor relating to Bellini's 'Feast of the Gods', 1951. Copy of The Art Bulletin, Vol. 33 No. 1, 1951 (see also (61)). [IV, 20, vii+viii; WIND 83]

Folder 6: (70) Three talks on Leonardo da Vinci for the BBC: Mathematics and Sensibility, The Last Supper, Leonardo as a Physiognomist, 1952. Typescripts of talks transcribed from telephone recordings, March 1952; related correspondence with the BBC, 1952; copies of The Listener, Vol. XLVII No. 1209, 1210 and 1211, 1952, containing printed versions of the talks; correspondence on publication; reviews; correspondence with Alfred A. Knopf Inc. regarding a reprint of the talks, 1952-1953; notes by Margaret Wind; related article. [IV, 20, ix; WIND 83]

Date

1948-1999

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (6 folders)