What is the sublime? Is it a thing, a feeling or a state of mind? Scholars and philosophers have debated the meaning of the term as long as artists, writers and musicians have tried to evoke it. Tracing ideas of the sublime from classical times through to the present, Art and the Sublime illustrates works by great artists in the Tate Collection, each of which epitomises the overpowering feelings of awe, terror and insignificance that are associated with the word. It accompanies a dramatic display at Tate Britain.
16 pp self cover
280 x 210 mm
20 colour illustrations
