Meaning and Expression

?Deinhard's book, first published in Germany in 1967, makes an erudite contribution toward the sociology of art. She succeeds in separating and reconciling the two perennial contradictions: art is timeless and simultaneously an expression of its time. She demonstrates convincingly by excellent analyses of illustrations how one can distinguish visual expression from meaning, with the former remaining relatively constant while the latter is subject to change. This is very solid, competent art history with a dash of sociology. . . . A small but densely reasoned book with a large intellectual scope.?-Library Journal