Theory of art Books
Stanford University Press Marc Chagall on Art and Culture
Book SynopsisMarc Chagall (1887-1985) traversed a long route from a boy in the Jewish Pale of Settlement, to a commissar of art in revolutionary Russia, to the position of a world-famous French artist. This book presents a comprehensive collection of Chagall's public statements on art and culture.Trade Review"[Marc Chagall on Art and Culture and Marc Chagall and His Times] represent important contributions to the fields of art history, twentieth-century history, and Russian studies, and Marc Chagall and His Times in particular will, I suspect, be a standard work for those studying Chagall's life for years to come." -- Canadian Journal of History/ Annales canadiennes of d'histoire
£18.89
Stanford University Press Empathic Vision
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the affective quality of art contributes to a new understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. By extending the concept of empathy, it also demonstrates how we might, through art, make connections with people in different parts of the world whose experiences differ from our own.The book makes a distinct contribution to trauma studies, which has tended to concentrate on literary forms of expression. It also offers a sophisticated theoretical analysis of the operations of art, drawing on philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze, but setting this within a postcolonial framework.Empathic Vision will appeal to anyone interested in the role of culture in post-September 11 global politics.Trade Review"This is an insightful, timely book....Thought-provoking and at times startling, Empathic Vision opens up new ideas that stay with you long after you have closed its covers." -- Leonardo ReviewsTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:List of Illustrations iii Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Chapter 1: On the Subject of Trauma 000 Chapter 2: Insides, Outsides: Trauma, Affect, and Art 000 Chapter 3: The Force of Trauma 000 Chapter 4: Journeys into Place 000 Chapter 5: Face-to-Face Encounters 000 Chapter 6: Global Interconnections 000 Afterword: Beyond Trauma Culture 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Select Bibliography 000 Index 000
£70.55
Stanford University Press Idol Anxiety
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary collection of essays on idolatry, including both historical and theoretical contributions, shows that the concept of idolatry is helpful for all who study the ways that people interact with and conceive of the things around them.Trade Review"Idol Anxiety opens a broad vista onto a critical but understudied topic of interdisciplinary interest beyond the fields of art history and religious studies. Religious, social, political, philosophical, and cultural methodologies create a unique matrix within the multiple scholarly approaches toward idolatry reflected herein. Editors Ellenbogen and Tugendhaft deserve praise for their development of this topic and for the academic breadth of their invited contributors."— D. Apostolos-Cappadona, Choice"Idol Anxiety is a fresh, eclectic combination of established and new voices on an old problem that is important to at least three different fields: religious studies, art history, and philosophy."—Seth Sanders, Trinity College"This collection is essential reading for anyone concerned with idols, made things, and our longstanding attraction to them."—Glenn Peers, University of Texas at Austin
£19.94
Northwestern University Press The Archaeologies of Modernity The AvantGarde
Book SynopsisIn this first scholarly focus on modernist avant-garde Bildung in its entwinement of conceptual modernity with forms of the archaic, Rumold resituates the significance of the poet and art theorist Einstein and his work on the language of primitivism and the visual imagination. This is a major reconsideration of the conception of the modernist project.
£29.71
Northwestern University Press Thinking with Tolstoy and Wittgenstein Expression
Book SynopsisIn this highly original interdisciplinary study incorporating close readings of literary texts and philosophical argumentation, Henry W. Pickford develops a theory of meaning and expression in art intended to counter the meaning skepticism most commonly associated with the theories of Jacques Derrida. Pickford arrives at his theory by drawing on the writings of Wittgenstein to develop and modify the insights of Tolstoy's philosophy of art. Pickford shows how Tolstoy's encounter with Schopenhauer's thought on the one hand provided support for his ethical views but on the other hand presented a problem, exemplified in the case of music, for his aesthetic theory, a problem that Tolstoy could not successfully resolve. Wittgenstein's critical appreciation of Tolstoy's thinking, however, not only recovers its viability but also constructs a formidable position within contemporary debates concerning theories of emotion, ethics, and aesthetic expression.
£27.96
Northwestern University Press More Than Life
Book SynopsisTraces the philosophical relation between Georg Simmel and his one-time student Walter Benjamin, two of the most influential German thinkers of the twentieth century. Reading Simmel's work alongside Benjamin's concept of Unscheinbarkeit, More Than Life demonstrates that both Simmel and Benjamin conceive of art as the creation of something entirely new.
£31.46
University of Pennsylvania Press Enchantment
Book SynopsisThis book examines charisma as the force in art, literature, and film that engages the reader's or viewer's consciousness and inspires admiration and imitation. Thirteen chapters analyze the workings of charisma and its effects, ranging from Homer to Woody Allen.Trade Review"In a wide-ranging and stimulating study, C. Stephen Jaeger argues that charisma is the sublime in human presence. . . . Jaeger makes a good case for the enchantment of the reader or spectator, a thread that enables him both to bring together very different cultural artefacts and to conclude with a plea that enchantment should be integral to education." * Modern Language Review *"Enchantment is, as usual with Jaeger's books, extremely rich in terms of fascinating hypotheses and cues for discussion. The style is always clear and eloquent, and the authors and the works discussed cover a very wide span of time, from Homer to Federico Fellini and Woody Allen." * Philosophical Inquiries *"C. Stephen Jaeger's magnificent, generous, and wide-ranging study has at its heart all that which is life-affirming. At every turn we encounter vigorous, eloquent, and intellectually consistent challenges to the division of art and experience. Readers in and between many disciplines will find this deeply perceptive account of the magical workings of enchantment, charisma, and the sublime in texts, images and bodies, empowering and uplifting. It cannot fail to influence the next generation of thought about the arts and media more generally." * Paul Binski, University of Cambridge *"Enchantment formulates a compelling theory of charismatic art as an alternative to our Western preoccupation with mimesis and hermeneutics. With the learning, passion, and verve familiar from his distinguished medieval scholarship, Jaeger's argument ranges magisterially from the body art of primitive cultures, through Classical epic, medieval sculpture, pedagogy and romance (the high point of charismatic culture in the West), all the way to Rilke and American cinema." * Jane K. Brown, University of Washington *"An intelligent, thought-provoking, and compelling discussion of the phenomenon of personal charisma and its transformative effects. C. Stephen Jaeger takes the reader through a stunning series of examples from literature, the visual arts, and film across a very broad historical range, from classical antiquity to the present. Throughout, he presents his claims in highly communicative and inviting prose. A sheer pleasure to read." * John T. Hamilton, Harvard University *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Charisma and Art Chapter 2. Living Art and Its Surrogates: The Genesis of Charismatic Art Chapter 3. Odysseus Rising: The Homeric World Chapter 4. Icon and Relic Chapter 5. Charismatic Culture and Its Media: Gothic Sculpture and Medieval Humanism Chapter 6. Romance and Adventure Chapter 7. Albrecht Dürer's Self-Portrait (1500): The Face and Its Contents Chapter 8. Book Burning at Don Quixote's Chapter 9. Goethe's Faust and the Limits of the Imagination Chapter 10. The Statue Changes Rilke's Life Chapter 11. Grand Illusions: Classic American Cinema Chapter 12. Lost Illusions: American Neorealism and Hitchcock's Vertigo Chapter 13. Woody Allen: Allan Felix's Glasses and Cecilia's Smile Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments
£31.50
Duke University Press Exile and Creativity
Book SynopsisIs exile a falling away from a source of creativity associated with the wholeness of home and one's own language, or is it a spur to creativity? This book examines the complexities of exile and the diversity of its experiences. It is suitable for those who are interested in the problems of displacement and diaspora and the European Holocaust.Trade Review“This is a rich and thought-provoking collection of essays about a subject of almost inexhaustible interest: exile as both a physical state and a state of mind, entailing both loss (of homeland, continuity, tradition) and gain (of new experiences, new ideas, new languages). These aspects of exile, which have made it so often a stimulus to writers and artists, are explored here in a fascinating variety of contexts and perspectives, and the collection as a whole maintains a nice balance between personal witness and objective scholarship.”—David LodgeTable of ContentsIntroduction / Susan Rubin Suleiman 1 Signposts Exsul / Christine Brooke-Rose 9 Exile as Romance and as Tragedy / Thomas Pavel 25 Art and the Conditions of Exile: Men/Women, Emigration/Expatriation / Linda Nochlin 37 "Mamae, disse ele," or, Joyce's Second Hand / Helene Cixous 59 Letter from Paris (Foreign Mail) / Denis Hollier 89 Travelers At Home Abroad: El Inca Shuttles with Hebreo / Doris Sommer 109 Gombrowicz's Tango: An Argentine Snapshot / Alicia Borinsky 143 Surrealists in Exile: Another Kind of Resistance / Jacqueline Chenieux-Gendron 163 Jean Renoir's Return to France / Janet Bergstrom 180 A Master of Amazement: Armando's Self-Chosen Exile / Ernst Van Alphen 220 Outsiders Estrangement as a Lifestyle: Shklovsky and Brodsky / Svetlana Boym 242 Bakhtin versus Lukacs: Inscriptions of Homelessness in Theories of the Novel / John Neubauer 263 Romain Gary: A Foreign Body in French Literature / Nancy Huston 281 The Welcome Table: James Baldwin in Exile / Henry Louis Gates Jr. 305 Assimilation into Exile: The Jew as a Polish Writer / Zygmunt Bauman 321 Strangerhood without Boundaries: An Essay in the Sociology of Knowledge / Tibor Dessewffy 353 Backward Glances Persistent Memory: Central European Refugees in an Andean Land / Leo Spitzer 373 Monuments in a Foreign Tongue: On Reading Holocaust Memoirs by Emigrants / Susan Rubin Suleiman 397 Past Lives: Postmemories in Exile / Marianne Hirsch 418 Contributors 447
£27.90
Fordham University Press Humbug
Book SynopsisMines the more than 300 newspapers published in New York City before the Civil War for art criticism, in order to trace the changing political positions of artists, artworks, and authors.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations | vii Introduction: The Penny Press | 1 1 The Aristocracy of Art and Bennett’s Herald | 25 2 Artists, Their Agents, and Press Manipulation | 58 3 Old Masters versus Young America | 91 4 The Penny Press’s Utopian Alternative | 124 5 The Genteel and the Bohemian | 156 6 Rearing Statues amid Gothic Spires | 188 Conclusion: Art and Politics | 227 Acknowledgments | 237 Notes | 239 Index | 291
£111.60
Fordham University Press Humbug
Book SynopsisMines the more than 300 newspapers published in New York City before the Civil War for art criticism, in order to trace the changing political positions of artists, artworks, and authors.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations | vii Introduction: The Penny Press | 1 1 The Aristocracy of Art and Bennett’s Herald | 25 2 Artists, Their Agents, and Press Manipulation | 58 3 Old Masters versus Young America | 91 4 The Penny Press’s Utopian Alternative | 124 5 The Genteel and the Bohemian | 156 6 Rearing Statues amid Gothic Spires | 188 Conclusion: Art and Politics | 227 Acknowledgments | 237 Notes | 239 Index | 291
£27.90
University of Hawai'i Press Sudden Appearances The Mongol Turn in Commerce
Book SynopsisExploring art's relationship to the unique commercial and political circumstances of Mongol Eurasia, Sudden Appearances rethinks many art historical puzzles including the mystery of the Siyah Kalem paintings, the female cup-bearer in the Royal Drinking Scene at Alchi, and the Mongol figures who appear in a Sienese mural.
£60.00
Seagull Books London Ltd Beyond Speculation
Book SynopsisRejecting not only the identification of the aesthetic with the work of art, but also the Kantian association of the aesthetic with subjectively universal judgment, the author's analysis of aesthetic relations opens up a space for a theory of art that is free of historicism and capable of engaging with noncanonical and non-Western arts.Trade Review"While Schaeffer is not afraid to do the necessary detail work, he never gets mired in issues of merely scholastic interest." (Bookforum, on Art of the Modern Age)"
£26.50
Dartmouth College Press Color Codes
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£26.60
Cornell University Press Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
Book SynopsisThis anthology explores artistic practices and works from a diverse and vibrant region.Trade ReviewThe anthology edited by Nora Taylor and Boreth Ly emerges at a time when Southeast Asian contemporary art is gaining increasing visibility on the global art stage.... This volume serves as a reflective and critical body of essays that illuminates ways in which these developments may be questioned and understood. * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Who Speaks for Southeast Asian Art? by Nora A. Taylor1. The Southeast Asian Modem: Three Artists by John Clark2. Vietnamese Modem Art: An Unfinished Journey by Boitran Huynh-Beattie3. The Cultural Politics of Modem and Contemporary Islamic Art in Southeast Asia by Kenneth M. George4. Thai Artists, Resisting the Age of Spectacle by Sandra Cate5. Many Returns: Contemporary Vietnamese Diasporic Artists-Organizers in Ho Chi Minh City By Viet Le6. Of Trans(national) Subjects and Translation: The Art and Body Language of Sopheap Pich by Boreth Ly7. Titik Pertama, Titik Utama—First Dot, Main Dot: Creating and Connecting in Modern/Indigenous Javanese/Global Batik Art by Astri Wright8. Turns in Tropics: Artist-Curator by Patrick D. Flares9. The Assumption of Love: Friendship and the Search for Discursive Density by Lee Weng Choy10. Uncommon Sense: "Empty the Visual from Eyes of Flesh" by Flaudette May V. Datuin11. Mnemotechnical Politics: Rithy Panh's Cinematic Archive and the Return of Cambodia's Past by Ashley Thompson12. Interview with Jay Koh and Chu Yuan by Grant KesterContributors
£29.45
Getty Trust Publications The Role of Imagery in Learning Occasional papers
Book SynopsisThis series supports scholarship in the field of art education and disseminates ideas about the theory and practice of discipline-based art education.
£16.14
Getty Trust Publications Art Education and Human Development Occasional
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£16.14
Getty Trust Publications The Intelligent Eye Learning to Think by Looking
Book SynopsisAttentive observation of art provides an excellent opportunity for better thinking, for the cultivation of the art of intelligence. The arts are important in an educational setting, therefore, because they can cultivate important thinking strategies in children and adults alike. With carefully chosen illustrations, Perkins demonstrates how the reflective approach to art can develop broader, more adventurous, and clearer avenues of thought.
£18.04
Getty Trust Publications Perspectives on Education Reform Arts Education
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£7.37
Getty Trust Publications Mortality Immortality The Legacy of 20thCentury
Book SynopsisContains 34 essays by professionals from various disciplines, from a conference on the preservation of contemporary art. This volume attempts to identify the objects which will define the art of the 20th century.
£33.25
Getty Trust Publications The Life and the Work Art and Biography
Book SynopsisIt is often assumed that reading about the lives of artists enhances our understanding of their work. This book contains a collection of essays, by a number of respected art historians that attempt to address this relationship by looking at the life and works of such artists as Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Van Gogh, Cezanne, and Leonardo da Vinci.
£38.00
Reaktion Books Portraiture wanted 2000 reward
Book SynopsisDrawing on a range of images from Antiquity to the 20th century, which includes paintings, sculptures, prints, cartoons, postage stamps, medals, documents and photographs, this title investigates the genre as a particular phenomenon in Western art that is especially sensitive to changes in the perceived nature of the individual in society.
£19.95
Princeton University Press Authorship
Book SynopsisAuthorship critically examines emergent themes in contemporary architecture by revisiting the seemingly defunct notion of design authorship. As we revel in the death of the master architect, how do we come to terms with the shifting role of creativity in architecture's cultural production? In Authorship, a cross-disciplinary group of designers and
£25.20
New Village Press Arts for Change Teaching Outside the Frame
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Discussing art and its applications to countless issues, and how people have empowered themselves through it, Arts for Change is a look at arts, politics, and culture as a whole through modern America. Arts for Change is an intriguing read, especially recommended for those who transmit messages through their art." * Midwest Book Review *"This book offers an important glimpse into the personal development of one engaged artist/educator who seeks to keep growing through her dialogue with others, colleagues and students alike." -- Anusha Venkataraman * Community Arts Network *"Arts for Change is not just a book for teachers; it is a book that invites everyone to think about how the individual affects the collective." -- Andrea Avila * Canadian Art Teacher *"Naidus does an excellent job of drawing in all kinds of readers by weaving story and academic reflection together as opposing yet familiar textures. The overall effect is a powerful account in which theory develops through history, personal story, and the words of others, making Arts for Change an enlightening read." -- Kelly Campbell-Busby * Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship *"Arts for Change is essential reading for artists, art teachers, educational administrators, and students of art. It brings to life a pedagogical practice, employed for years by a significant number of socially-engaged activist artists, known but to few outside this community." -- Nina Felshin, author * But Is It Art? The Spirit of Art as Activism *"Naidus argues passionately for a different kind of art, one that builds social muscle and can make a difference in the world. I predict this book will inspire exciting and innovative trends in both art and education and critical theory, tilting them more in the direction of interdisciplinary and socially engaged practices. And I agree with Naidus' core proposition that the times demand nothing less." -- Suzi Gablik, author, * The Re-Enchantment of Art and Conversations Before the End of Time *
£15.19
New Village Press Awakening Creativity
Book SynopsisAwakening Creativity shows in gloriously illustrated detail how Lily Yeh guides a participatory process of artistic expression that uplifts a distressed community. Her open, joyful approach to artmaking is a model for building healthy cultural esteem. Lily Yeh is an acclaimed visual artist who has worked with students, community leaders and teachers in Canada, China, Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya, Syria, Italy and in cities and neighborhoods across the United States. Yeh is considered one of America's most innovative urban designers and social pioneers. Awakening Creativity is her first, much-awaited book. In Awakening Creativity, Yeh facilitates the art-making process for students of The Dandelion School, the only nonprofit organization in Beijing that serves the children of poor migrant workers coming from 24 provinces. Yeh worked with hundreds of students, teachers, volunteers and workers to transform the school's main campus with mural painting, mosaics, and environmental sculpture. StudTrade Review"""Creativity is a certain flare of spirit that is truly unlike anything else. Awakening Creativity: Dandelion School Blossoms is a call for social change through creativity from Lily Yeh, as she shares her own drive to make the world a better place through art and tells her story of turning a wasted factory space in Beijing into something that is so much more - the Dandelion school, aimed at the local children to give them inspiration for a better future. With a certain dedication, Awakening Creativity comes with a powerful message that definitely should not be overlooked."" * Midwest Book Review, 2011 *""Art is in all of us, and the best seek to encourage it in others. Awakening Creativity: Dandelion School Blossoms is a chronicle of author Lily Yeh's journeys, offered as an example for encourage art all over the world. Focusing on her campaign in China, where she got an abandoned factory converted to encourage local middle school students, and helped them find artistic expression. Presented in full color and plenty of example art works throughout, Awakening Creativity is a choice pick for any educational collection dedicated to promoting the arts."" * Midwest Book Review 2012 *""As a case study, Awakening Creativity is both inspirational and detailed... At every step from concept to completion, Yeh recruits members of the school community, including students, as genuine collaborators in the artistic process. The result is a series of works that reverberate throughout the lives of their co-creators. The art beautifies the campus, but its impact is far deeper: it gives students the skills and the inspiration to be active co-creators of their own lives."" -- Joseph Hart * Public Art Review *""Yeh’s book should be used as a model in run-down schools everywhere. It should be used in community development training and in every school of design. Her work is the best of what art can do to build the human spirit and make a community place. Thank you, Lily, for your work and for documenting it so carefully in this book."" -- Susan Goltsman * Children, Youth and Environments *""It is not often that a book can transport the reader to another place and time, but Yeh has done this successfully. By including color images on every page, the reader gets lost in the school and community and makes readers feel part of the project from the beginning. Yeh tells a captivating story."" -- Carolyn Brown Treadon * Journal of Art for Life *
£26.59
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin
Book SynopsisIn-depth scholarship on the central artists, movements, and themes of Latin American art, from the Mexican revolution to the present A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Art consists of over 30 never-before-published essays on the crucial historical and theoretical issues that have framed our understanding of art in Latin America. This book has a uniquely inclusive focus that includes both Spanish-speaking Caribbean and contemporary Latinx art in the United States. Influential critics of the 20th century are also covered, with an emphasis on their effect on the development of artistic movements. By providing in-depth explorations of central artists and issues, alongside cross-references to illustrations in major textbooks, this volume provides an excellent complement to wider surveys of Latin American and Latinx art. Readers will engage with the latest scholarship on each of five distinct historical periods, plus broader theoretical and historical trends that continue to influence how we understand Latinx, Indigenous, and Latin American art today. The book's areas of focus include: The development of avant-garde art in the urban centers of Latin America from 1910-1945The rise of abstraction during the Cold War and the internationalization of Latin American art from 1945-1959The influence of the political upheavals of the 1960s on art and art theory in Latin AmericaThe rise of conceptual art as a response to dictatorship and social violence in the 1970s and 1980sThe contemporary era of neoliberalism and globalization in Latin American and Latino Art, 1990-2010 With its comprehensive approach and informative structure, A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx Art is an excellent resource for advanced students in Latin American culture and art. It is also a valuable reference for aspiring scholars in the field.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix About the Editors xiii Notes on Contributors xiv Series Editor’s Preface xx Introduction: Latin American and Latina/o Art xxi Alejandro Anreus, Robin Adèle Greeley, and Megan A. Sullivan Part I 1910–1945: Cosmopolitanisms and Nationalisms 1 1 Art After the Mexican Revolution: Muralism, Prints, Photography 5 Leonard Folgarait 2 The Reinvention of the “Semana de Arte Moderna” 20 Francisco Alambert 3 Jose Carlos Mariategui and the Eternal Dawn of Revolution 37 Martín Oyata 4 National Values: The Havana Vanguard in the Revista de Avance and the Lyceum Gallery 52 Ingrid W. Elliott 5 Photography, Avant‐Garde, and Modernity 67 Esther Gabara Part II 1945–1959: The Cold War and Internationalism 81 6 Wifredo Lam, Aime Cesaire, Eugenio Granell, Andre Breton: Agents of Surrealism in the Caribbean 85 Lowery Stokes Sims 7 The Oscillation Between Myth and Criticism: Octavio Paz Between Duchamp and Tamayo 101 Cuauhtémoc Medina 8 Latin American Abstraction (1934–1969) 117 Juan Ledezma 9 Architectural Modernism and Its Discontents: Brazil and Beyond 134 Fabiola Lopez‐Durán 10 The Realism‐Abstraction Debate in Latin America: Four Questions 151 Megan A. Sullivan 11 Sao Paulo and Other Models: The Biennial in Latin America, 1951–1991 165 Isobel Whitelegg Part III 1959–1973: Revolution, Resistance, and the Politicization of Art 181 12 Art and the Cuban Revolution 185 Alejandro Anreus 13 The Myths of Helio Oiticica 200 Irene V. Small 14 Between Chaos and the Furnaces: Argentine Conceptualism 217 Daniel Quiles 15 Chicana/o Art: 1965–1975 234 Terezita Romo 16 Cold War Intellectual Networks: Marta Traba in Circulation 249 Florencia Bazzano 17 Jose Gomez Sicre and the Inter‐American Exhibitions of the Pan American Union 264 Claire F. Fox 18 “… A Place for Us”: The Puerto Rican Alternative Art Space Movement in New York 281 Yasmin Ramírez Part IV 1973–1990: Dictatorship, Social Violence, and the Rise of Conceptual Strategies 295 19 An “Other” Possible Revolution: The Cultural Guerrilla in Peru in 1970 299 Emilio Tarazona and Miguel A. López 20 Art in Chile After 1973 317 Miguel Valderrama 21 Cold War Conceptualism: Mexico’s Grupos Movement 330 Robin Adèle Greeley 22 Asco in Three Acts 349 Robb Hernández 23 A Real Existence: Conceptual Art, Conceptualism, and Art in Brazil and Beyond 368 Sérgio B. Martins Part V 1990–2010: Neoliberalism and Globalization 381 24 Border Art 385 Ila N. Sheren 25 Walking with the Devil: Art, Culture, and Internationalization: An Interview with Gerardo Mosquera 398 Alejandro Anreus 26 Is This What Democracy Looks Like? Tania Bruguera and the Politics of Performance 410 Stephanie Schwartz 27 Shadows of the Doubtful Straight: Cuban-American Artists, 1970–2000 423 Rocío Aranda‐Alvarado 28 Notes on the Dominican Diaspora in the United States 437 E. Carmen Ramos 29 Antigonismos: Metaphoric Burial as Political Intervention in Contemporary Colombian Art 452 Ana María Reyes 30 Art, Memory, and Human Rights in Argentina 464 Andrea Giunta Part VI Approaches, Debates, and Methodologies 487 31 Time and Place: Notes on the System of the Arts in Latin America 489 Natalia Majluf 32 Is There Such a Thing as Latina/o Art? 504 Chon A. Noriega 33 The Expansion of Culture: Drawbacks for Cities and Art 514 Néstor García Canclini 34 A Question: The Term “Indigenous Art” 520 Ticio Escobar 35 What Is “Latin American Art” Today? 527 José Luis Falconi Index 546
£148.45
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Guide to EighteenthCentury Art
Book SynopsisA Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them.Table of ContentsList of Figures vi Acknowledgments x Companion Website xi Introduction: Style, Society, Modernity 1 1 Institutional Hierarchies: Art and Craft 19 2 Genres and Contested Hierarchies 56 3 Markets, Publics, Expert Opinions 122 4 Taste, Criticism and Journalism 189 5 Seeking a Moral Order: The Choice between Virtue and Pleasure 205 Conclusion 239 References 240 Index 260
£34.15
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Guide to EighteenthCentury Art
Book SynopsisA Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them. Covers both artistic developments and critical approaches to the period by leading contemporary scholars Uses an innovative framework to emphasize the roles of tradition, modernity, and hierarchy in the production of artistic works of the period Reveals the practical issues connected with the production, sale, public and private display of art of the period Assesses eighteenth-century art's contribution to what we now refer to as modernity' Includes numerous illustrations, and is accompanied by online resources examining art produced outside Europe and its relationship with the West, along with other useful resources Table of ContentsList of Figures vi Acknowledgments x Companion Website xi Introduction: Style, Society, Modernity 1 1 Institutional Hierarchies: Art and Craft 19 2 Genres and Contested Hierarchies 56 3 Markets, Publics, Expert Opinions 122 4 Taste, Criticism and Journalism 189 5 Seeking a Moral Order: The Choice between Virtue and Pleasure 205 Conclusion 239 References 240 Index 260
£72.86
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Dada and Surrealism
Book SynopsisThis excellent overview of new research on Dada and Surrealism blends expert synthesis of the latest scholarship with completely new research, offering historical coverage as well as in-depth discussion of thematic areas ranging from criminality to gender.Trade Review'This collection of essays builds on and expands the critical discourse on Dada and surrealism Though accessible to a broad readership, the collection is intended for an academic audience and is particularly well positioned to serve advanced students. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates; graduate students.' - E. K. Mix, Choice, April 2017.Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Editor xi Notes on Contributors xii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 David Hopkins Part I Histories/Geographies 19 1 Dada's Genesis: Zurich 21 Debbie Lewer 2 Neue Jugend: A Case Study in Berlin Dada 38 Sherwin Simmons 3 Dada Migrations: Definition, Dispersal, and the Case of Schwitters 54 Michael White 4 New York Dada: From End to Beginning 70 David Hopkins 5 Nothing, Ventured: Paris Dada into Surrealism 89 Elizabeth Legge 6 Surrealism and the Question of Politics, 1925–1939 110 Raymond Spiteri 7 “Other” Surrealisms: Center and Periphery in International Perspective 131 Michael Richardson 8 Dada and Surrealism in Japan 144 Majella Munro 9 Dada and Surrealism in Central and Eastern Europe 161 Krzysztof Fijałkowski 10 Surrealism in Latin America 177 Dawn Ades Part II Themes and Interpretations 197 11 Dissemination: The Dada and Surrealist Journals 199 Emily Hage 12 Artists into Curators: Dada and Surrealist Exhibition Practices 211 Adam Jolles 13 Dada and Surrealist Poetics 225 Eric Robertson 14 Chance and Automatism: Genealogies of the Dissociative in Dada and Surrealism 242 Abigail Susik 15 Crime/Insurrection 258 Jonathan P. Eburne 16 Re‐enchantment: Surrealist Discourses of Childhood, Hermeticism, and the Outmoded 270 David Hopkins 17 Surrealism and Natural History: Nature and the Marvelous in Breton and Caillois 287 Donna Roberts 18 The Surrealist Collection: Ghosts in the Laboratory 304 Katharine Conley 19 The Ethnographic Turn 319 Julia Kelly 20 Desire Bound: Violence, Body, Machine 334 Neil Cox 21 Equivocal Gender: Dada/Surrealism and Sexual Politics between the Wars 352 Tirza True Latimer 22 Feminist Interventions: Revising the Canon 366 Patricia Allmer Part III Continuations/Aftermaths 383 23 The Surrealist Movement since the 1940s 385 Steven Harris 24 Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage? The North American Reception of Dada and Surrealism 400 James Boaden 25 Surrealism and Counterculture 416 Elliott H. King 26 Assimilation: Objects; Commodities; Fashion 431 Ulrich Lehmann 27 Sightings: Surrealist Idiolect, Gothic Marxism, Global Perils 449 Angela Dimitrakaki Index 464
£152.06
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Song Songs and Singing
Book SynopsisThe last twenty years or so have seen a surge of interest in the philosophy of music. However there is comparatively little philosophical literature devoted specifically to songs, singing and vocal music in general.Table of Contents1. Editors’ Introduction: Making a Space for Song 2. David Davies, "The Dialogue Between Words and Music in the Composition and Comprehension of Song" 3. Theodore Gracyk, "Meanings of Songs and Meanings of Song Performances" 4. Jerrold Levinson, "Jazz Vocal Interpretation: A Philosophical Analysis" 5. Justin London, "Ephemeral Media, Ephemeral Works, and Sonny Boy Williamson's 'Little Village'" 6. Michael Rings, "Doing It Their Way: Rock Covers, Genre, and Appreciation" 7. Franklin Bruno, "A Case for Song: Against an (Exclusively) Recording-Centered Ontology of Rock" 8. Peter Kivy, "Realistic Song in the Movies" 9. Nina Penner, "Opera Singing and Fictional Truth" 10. Lee B. Brown, "Armstrong, Crosby, Dylan, Flavor Flav: Can American Popular Vocal Music Escape the Legacy of Blackface Minstrelsy?" 11. David Goldblatt, "Nonsense in Public Places: Songs of Black Vocal Rhythm and Blues or Doo Wop" 12. John Carvalho, "'Strange Fruit': Music Between Violence and Death" 13. Aaron Smuts, "'Dreaming of the People I've Dismantled': The Ethics of Singing Along"
£37.95
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Modern Art
Book SynopsisA Companion to Modern Art presents a series of original essays by international and interdisciplinary authors who offer a comprehensive overview of the origins and evolution of artistic works, movements, approaches, influences, and legacies of Modern Art.Table of ContentsList of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Notes on Contributors xiii Introduction 1Pam Meecham Part I Ancient & Modern 15 1 Revitalizing Romanticism; or, Reflections on the Nietzschean Aesthetic and the Modern Imagination 17Colin Trodd 2 A Cartography of Desires and Taboos: The Modern Primitive and the Antipodes 37Andrew McNamara and Ann Stephen 3 Primitive/Modern/Contemporary 55Paul Wood 4 Did Modernism Redefine Classicism? The Ancient Modernity of Classical Greek Art 73Whitney Davis 5 Robert Goldwater and the Search for the Primitive: The Asmat Project at the Museum of Primitive Art 91Nick Stanley 6 Surrealist Ireland: the Archaic, the Modern and the Marvelous 109Fionna Barber Part II Displaying the Modern 125 7 Picturing the Installation Shot 127Julie Sheldon 8 Contemporary Displays of Modern Art 145Pam Meecham 9 Camera-Eye: Photography and Modernism 167Liz Wells 10 Photographic Installation Strategies En-bloc and In-the-round 187Wiebke Leister 11 Documenta 6: Memories of Another Modernism 209Judith Brocklehurst Part III Re-assessments: Modernism and Globalization 227 12 Bijiasuo and Truth: Modernism Reassessed in an Era of Globalization 229Jonathan Harris 13 Extensive Modernity: On the Refunctioning of Artists as Producers 245Angela Dimitrakaki 14 Architecture’s Modernisms 263Richard J. Williams 15 The Wide Margins of the Century: Rural Modernism, Pastoral Peasants, and Economic Migrations 283Rosemary Shirley 16 Destabilizing Essentialism through Localizing Modernism 299Naoko Uchiyama Part IV Locating Modernism: Multiple Modernisms and Nation Building 319 17 The Many Modernisms of Australian Art 321Laura Back 18 Greek-Cypriot Locality: (Re) Defining our Understanding of European Modernity 339Elena Stylianou and Nicos Philippou 19 A Northern Avant-garde: Spaces and Cultural Transfer 359Annika O¨hrner 20 Modernisms, Genealogy, and Utopias in Finland 375Renja Suominen-Kokkonen 21 The Engaged Artist: Considerations of Relevance 391Greta Berman 22 Visualizing Figures of Caribbean Slavery through Modernism 411Leon Wainwright Part V The Modern Artist, the Modern Child, and a Modern Art Education 425 23 A Modern Art Education 427Claire Robins 24 Misrecognition: Child’s Play, Modern Art, and Vygotskian Psychology 453Nicholas Addison 25 MoMA and the Modern Child: The Critical Role of Education Programming in MoMA’s Modernism 473Briley Rasmussen 26 Paul C´ezanne’s Young Girl at the Piano – Overture to “Tannh¨auser” or “Le Haschisch des femmes” 493Anna Green Index 517
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Clever Object
Book SynopsisThe Clever Object presents a multidisciplinary exploration of the ways objects materialise, embody, or negotiate various forms of intelligence, revealing the use of the idea of the clever object as an analytic tool of art-historical interpretation.Table of Contents6 Notes on Contributors 8 Chapter 1 The Clever Object: Three Pavilions, Three Loggias, and a Planetarium Matthew C. Hunter and Francesco Lucchini 32 Chapter 2 Aleardino’s Glass Francesco Lucchini 52 Chapter 3 Object, Image, Cleverness: The Lienzo de Tlaxcala Byron Ellsworth Hamann 80 Chapter 4 Picture, Object, Puzzle, Prompter: Devilish Cleverness in Restoration London Matthew C. Hunter 102 Chapter 5 Screen Wise, Screen Play: Jacques de Lajoue and the Ruses of Rococo Katie Scott 142 Chapter 6 William Morris’s Tapestry: Metamorphosis and Prophecy in The Woodpecker Caroline Arscott 160 Chapter 7 Fischli and Weiss’s Equilibre/Quiet Afternoon (1984-5) Rachel Wells 174 Chapter 8 Clever Objects – Tell-Tale Objects Simon Starling in conversation with Christiane Rekade 186 Chapter 9 Fragments of Great Visions Ian Kiaer in conversation with Christiane Rekade 198 Chapter 10 Response: Clever Fetishists Roman Frigg 204 Chapter 11 Response: Playing Dumb Glenn Adamson 211 Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to NineteenthCentury Art
Book SynopsisA comprehensive review of art in the first truly modern century A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art contains contributions from an international panel of noted experts to offer a broad overview of both national and transnational developments, as well as new and innovative investigations of individual art works, artists, and issues. The text puts to rest the skewed perception of nineteenth-century art as primarily Paris-centric by including major developments beyond the French borders. The contributors present a more holistic and nuanced understanding of the art world during this first modern century. In addition to highlighting particular national identities of artists, A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art also puts the focus on other aspects of identity including individual, ethnic, gender, and religious. The text explores a wealth of relevant topics such as: the challenges the artists faced; how artists learned their craft and how they met cliTable of ContentsList of Figures ix About the Editor xiii Notes on Contributors xv Series Editor’s Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction xxvMichelle Facos 1 Moses Jacob Ezekiel’s Religious Liberty (1876) and the Nineteenth‐Century Jewish American Experience 1Samantha Baskind 2 The Lure of “Magick Land”: British Artists and Italy in the Eighteenth Century 17Brendan Cassidy 3 Mining the Dutch Golden Age: The Avant‐Garde Enterprise 35Johanna Ruth Epstein 4 “The Revenge of Art on Life”: Beauty, Modernity, and Edward Burne‐Jones’s King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 51Andrea Wolk Rager 5 Show and Tell: Exhibition Practice in the Nineteenth Century 69Patricia Mainardi 6 Networked: The Art Market in the Nineteenth Century 83Pamela Fletcher and Anne Helmreich 7 German Art Academies and their Impact on Artistic Style 103Sabine Wieber 8 “Orientalism” in Art: The Case of John Frederick Lewis 121Julie Codell 9 Wall to Wall: Zones of Artistic Engagement in Late Nineteenth‐Century America 139Melody Barnett Deusner 10 “Like a Dog, Just Looking”: Cézanne, Innocence, and Early Phenomenological Thought in Nineteenth‐Century France 159Nina Athanassoglou‐Kallmyer 11 Aesthetic Religion, Religious Aesthetics, and the Romantic Quest for Epiphany 175Cordula Grewe 12 The Wanderers and Realism in Tsarist Russia 193Josephine Karg 13 Thomas Cole and the Domestic Landscape of the Hudson River School 209William L. Coleman 14 Sculpture and the Public Imagination: Nineteenth‐Century Site‐Specific Art of the Cemetery, the Garden, and the Street 225Caterina Y. Pierre 15 Capturing Unconsciousness: The New Psychology, Hypnosis, and the Culture of Hysteria 243Fae Brauer 16 Impressionism and the Mirror Image 263Martha Lucy 17 Roots: Landscapes of Nationalism in the Long Nineteenth Century 281Neil McWilliam 18 Australian Art in the Nineteenth‐Century: Forging a National Style 299Catherine Speck 19 Tradition and Modernity in Nineteenth‐Century Catalan Art: From Romanticism to Picasso 315M. Lluïsa Faxedas Brujats 20 Principle and Practice in Nineteenth‐Century Danish Landscape Painting 335Thor J. Mednick 21 Art and Multiculturalism in Estonia and Latvia, circa 1900 353Bart Pushaw 22 Nationalism and the Myth of Hungarian Origin: Attila and Árpád 371Terri Switzer 23 In the Service of the Nation: Forging the Identity of Polish Art in the Nineteenth Century 391Agnieszka Rosales Rodriguez 24 Facing Modernism: Jean‐Antoine Houdon and the Politics of the Portrait Bust in Eighteenth‐Century France 413Ronit Milano 25 Identity Tourism: Studio Stagings in Nineteenth‐Century Photography 431Patricia G. Berman 26 The Meaning of the Verb “To Be” in Painting: Manet’s Olympia 451Andrei Molotiu 27 Cassatt’s Singular Women: Reading Le Figaro and the Older New Woman 467Ruth E. Iskin 28 Fashion, Lithography, and Gender Instability in Romantic‐Era Paris: A Case Study 485Andrew Carrington Shelton 29 Racist or Hero of Social Art?: Degas, the Birth of Sociology, and the Biopolitical Gaze 499Michael F. Zimmermann Index 519
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Feminist Art
Book SynopsisOriginal essays offering fresh ideas and global perspectives on contemporary feminist art The term feminist art' is often misused when viewed as a codification within the discipline of Art Historya codification that includes restrictive definitions of geography, chronology, style, materials, influence, and other definitions inherent to Art Historical and museological classifications. Employing a different approach, A Companion to Feminist Art defines art' as a dynamic set of material and theoretical practices in the realm of culture, and feminism' as an equally dynamic set of activist and theoretical practices in the realm of politics. Feminist art, therefore, is not a simple classification of a type of art, but rather the space where feminist politics and the domain of art-making intersect. The Companion provides readers with an overview of the developments, concepts, trends, influences, and activities within the space of contemporary feminist artin different locations, ways of makingTrade Review"The strength of the book is in its articulation of theoretical frameworks for understanding art and feminism in a global context." - T. Nygard, Ripon College for CHOICE Connect, February 2020 Vol. 57 No. 6Table of ContentsSeries Editor Preface xi About the Editors xiii Notes on Contributors xv Introduction 1 Part I Geographies 15 1 Recurring Questions, Cyclical Energies: A History of Feminist Art Practices in Australia 17Julie Ewington 2 Debunking the Patriarchy: Feminist Collectives in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru 37María Laura Rosa (Translated by Maria Elena Buszek) 3 Women Artists: Making a Subject Space in India 53Gayatri Sinha 4 Feminism as Activism in Contemporary South African Art 69Karen von Veh 5 Moving Towards Paratactical Curating: A Critical Overview of Feminist Curating in Istanbul in the Twenty‐First Century 91Ebru Yetişkin 6 From Within, From Without: Configurations of Feminism, Gender and Art in Post‐Wall Europe 111Martina Pachmanová 7 Crossing Borders and Other Dividers in Western Europe and the British Isles 127Alexandra Kokoli 8 Wheels and Waves in the USA 141Mira Schor Part II Being 155 9 Essentialism, Feminism, and Art: Spaces Where Woman “Oozes Away” 157Amelia Jones 10 Feminist Ageing: Representations of Age in Feminist Art 181Michelle Meagher 11 Letters to Susan 199Lubaina Himid 12 Feminist Art Re‐Covered 215Richard Meyer 13 Collecting Creative Transcestors: Trans* Portraiture Hirstory, from Snapshots to Sculpture 225Eliza Steinbock Part III Doing 243 14 Witness It: Activism, Art, and the Feminist Performative Subject 245Hilary Robinson 15 Feminism and Language 261Griselda Pollock 16 Busy Hands, Light Work: Toward a Feminist Historiography of Hand‐Made Photography in the Era of the ‘New Materiality’ 283Harriet Riches 17 Reading Posthumanism in Feminist New Media Art 299Maria Fernandez 18 Finding Ourselves Feminists: Curating and Exhibitions 315Lucy Day and Eliza Gluckman 19 Erasure, Transformation and the Politics of Pedagogy as Feminist Artistic/Curatorial Practice 331Felicity Allen Part IV Thinking 351 20 Art Matters: Feminist Corporeal‐Materialist Aesthetics 353Marsha Meskimmon 21 The Hidden Abode Beneath/Behind/Beyond the Factory Floor, Gendered Labor, and the Human Strike: Claire Fontaine’s Italian Marxist Feminism 369Jaleh Mansoor 22 Dear World: Arts and Theories of Queer Feminism 389Tirza Latimer 23 From Representation to Affect: Beyond Postmodern Identity Politics in Feminist Art 405Susan Best 24 Call and Response: Conversations with Three Women Artists on Afropean Decoloniality 419Alanna Lockward Part V Relating 437 25 On Feminism, Art and Collaboration 439Amy Tobin 26 Opening the Patriarchive: Photography, Feminism, and State Violence 459Siona Wilson 27 Maternal Mattering: The Performance and Politics of the Maternal in Contemporary Art 475Natalie Loveless 28 Ars Eroticas of Their Own Making: Explicit Sexual Imagery in American Feminist Art 493Tanya Augsburg 29 Masculinity, Art, and Value Extraction: An Intersectional Reading in the Advance of Capital as Post‐Democracy 513Angela Dimitrakaki 30 New Subjects and Subjectivities 533Jill Bennett Index 545
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Theorizing Imitation in the Visual Arts
Book SynopsisThe theory and practice of imitation has long been central to the construction of art and yet imitation is still frequently confused with copying. Theorizing Imitation in the Visual Arts challenges this prejudice by revealing the ubiquity of the practice across cultures and geographical borders. This fascinating collection of original essays has been compiled by a group of leading scholars Challenges the prejudice of imitation in art by bringing to bear a perspective that reveals the ubiquity of the practice of imitation across cultural and geographical borders Brings light to a broad range of areas, some of which have been little researched in the past Table of Contents6 Notes on Contributors 8 Chapter 1 Why Imitation, and Why Global?Paul Duro 30 Chapter 2 Post-Western Poetics: Postmodern Appropriation Art in AustraliaIan McLean 50 Chapter 3 Essentially the Same: Eduardo Costa’s Minimal Differences and Latin American ConceptualismPatrick Greaney 68 Chapter 4 Like Father, Like Son: Bernini’s Filial Imitation of MichelangeloCarolina Mangone 90 Chapter 5 Navajo Sandpainting in the Age of Cross-Cultural ReplicationJanet Catherine Berlo 110 Chapter 6 Copying and Theory in Edo-Period Japan (1615-1868)Kazuko Kameda-Madar 130 Chapter 7 Original Imitations for Sale: Dafen and Artistic CommodificationVivian Li 146 Chapter 8 The Temporal Logic of Citation in Chinese PaintingMartin J. Powers 166 Chapter 9 IngeminationRichard Shiff 186 Chapter 10 The Image Valued ‘As Found’ and the Reconfiguring of Mimesis in Post-War ArtAlex Potts 208 Chapter 11 History Lessons: Imitation, Work and the Temporality of Contemporary ArtJonathan Bordo 229 Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture
Book SynopsisThis companion presents new critical views on crucial aspects of the large and varied field of Asian art and architectural history. The essays collected here provide scholars and the public with an opportunity to engage with the field in all its diversity - from coinage to monastic spaces to imperial commissions and beyond.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors xiv Acknowledgments xx Part I Introduction 1 1 Revisiting “Asian Art” 3 Rebecca M. Brown and Deborah S. Hutton Part II Objects in Use 21 2 The Material Facts of Ritual: Revisioning Medieval Viewing through Material Analysis, Ethnographic Analogy, and Architectural History 23 Kevin Gray Carr 3 Textiles and Social Action in Theravada Buddhist Thailand 48 Leedom Lefferts 4 Functional and Nonfunctional Realism: Imagined Spaces for the Dead in Northern Dynasties China 70 Bonnie Cheng 5 The Visible and the Invisible in a Southeast Asian World 97 Jan Mrázek Part III Space 121 6 Building Beyond the Temple: Sacred Centers and Living Communities in Medieval Central India 123 Tamara I. Sears 7 Urban Space and Visual Culture: The Transformation of Seoul in the Twentieth Century 153 Kim Youngna 8 Unexpected Spaces at the Shwedagon 178 Elizabeth Howard Moore 9 The Changing Cultural Space of Mughal Gardens 201 James L. Wescoat Jr. Part IV Artists 231 10 Old Methods in a New Era: What Can Connoisseurship Tell Us about Rukn-ud-din? 233 Molly Emma Aitken and Shanane Davis, with technical analysisby Yana van Dyke 11 Convergent Conversations: Contemporary Art in Asian America 264 Margo Machida 12 The Icon of the Woman Artist: Guan Daosheng (1262–1319) and the Power of Painting at the Ming Court c. 1500 290 Jennifer Purtle 13 Diasporic Body Double: The Art of the Singh Twins 318 Saloni Mathur Part V Challenging the Canon 339 14 Re-evaluating Court and Folk Painting of Korea 341 Kumja Paik Kim 15 Conflict and Cosmopolitanism in “Arab” Sind 365 Finbarr Barry Flood 16 In the Absence of the Buddha: “Aniconism” and the Contentions of Buddhist Art History 398 Ashley Thompson 17 On Maurya Art 421 Frederick Asher Part VI Shifting Meanings 445 18 Art, Agency, and Networks in the Career of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) 447 Morgan Pitelka 19 Shiva Nataraja: Multiple Meanings of an Icon 471 Padma Kaimal 20 Sifting Mountains and Rivers through a Woven Lens: Repositioning Women and the Gaze in Fourteenth-Century East Java 486 Kaja M. McGowan 21 Dead Beautiful: Visualizing the Decaying Corpse in Nine Stages as Skillful Means of Buddhism 513 Ikumi Kaminishi 22 In the Name of the Nation: Song Painting and Artistic Discourse in Early Twentieth-Century China 537 Cheng-hua Wang Part VII Elusive, Mobile Objects 561 23 Chinese Painting: Image-Text-Object 563 De-nin Deanna Lee 24 Locating Tomyoji and Its “Six” Kannon Sculptures in Japan 580 Sherry Fowler 25 The Unfired Clay Sculpture of Bengal in the Artscape of Modern South Asia 604 Susan S. Bean 26 Malraux’s Buddha Heads 629 Gregory P. A. Levine Index 655
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Medieval Art
Book SynopsisA fully updated and comprehensive companion to Romanesque and Gothic art history This definitive reference brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe and provides a clear analytical survey of what is happening in this major area of Western art history. The volume comprises original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays written by renowned and emergent scholars who discuss the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives. Part of the Blackwell Companions to Art History, A Companion to Medieval Art, Second Edition features an international and ambitious range of contributions covering reception, formalism, Gregory the Great, pilgrimage art, gender, patronage, marginalized images, the concept of spolia, manuscript illumination, stained glass, Cistercian architecture, art of the crusader states, and more. Newly revised edition of a highTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Series Editor’s Preface xvii Preface to the First Edition xix Preface to the Second Edition xxiii 1 Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art 1Conrad Rudolph 2 Artifex and Opifex – The Medieval Artist 45Beate Fricke 3 Vision 71Cynthia Hahn 4 Materials, Materia, “Materiality” 95Aden Kumler 5 Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers 119Madeline Harrison Caviness 6 Narrative, Narratology, and Meaning 147Suzanne Lewis 7 Formalism 171Linda Seidel 8 Gender and Medieval Art 195Brigitte Kurmann‐Schwarz 9 Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe During the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 221Herbert L. Kessler 10 Iconography 245Shirin Fozi 11 Art and Exegesis 267Christopher G. Hughes 12 Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art 287Jill Caskey 13 Collecting (and Display) 309Pierre Alain Mariaux 14 The Concept of Spolia 331Dale Kinney 15 The Monstrous 357Thomas E.A. Dale 16 Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture 383Laura Kendrick 17 Definitions and Explanations of the Romanesque Style in Architecture from the 1960s to the Present Day 407Eric Fernie 18 Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe 417Colum Hourihane 19 Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture 439Robert A. Maxwell 20 The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination 463Adam S. Cohen 21 The Study of Gothic Architecture 489Stephen Murray 22 France, Germany, and the Historiography of Gothic Sculpture 513Jacqueline E. Jung 23 Gothic Manuscript Illustration: The Case of France 547Anne D. Hedeman 24 “‘Specially English’: Gothic Illumination c.1190 to the Early Fourteenth Century” 569Kathryn A. Smith 25 From Institutional to Private and from Latin to the Vernacular: German Manuscript Illumination in the Thirteenth Century 601Michael Curschmann 26 Glazing Medieval Buildings 627Elizabeth Carson Pastan 27 Toward a Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts 657Brigitte Buettner 28 Reliquaries 681Cynthia Hahn 29 East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States 705Jaroslav Folda 30 Gothic in the Latin East 729Michalis Olympios 31 Art and Liturgy in the Middle Ages 759Eric Palazzo 32 Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe 777Marie‐Therese Zenner 33 Sculptural Programs 801Bruno Boerner 34 The Art and Architecture of Female Monasticism 823Jeffrey F. Hamburger 35 Cistercian Architecture 857Peter Fergusson 36 Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way 881Paula Gerson 37 “The Scattered Limbs of the Giant”: Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals 907Tina Waldeier Bizzarro 38 Medieval Art Collections 933Janet T. Marquardt 39 The Modern Medieval Museum 957Michelle P. Brown Index 977
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Aesthetics
Book SynopsisThe newly expanded and revised edition of Cooper's popular anthology featuring classic writings on aesthetics, both historical and contemporary The second edition of this bestselling anthology collects essays of canonical significance in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, featuring a wide range of topics from the nature of beauty and the criteria for aesthetic judgement to the value of art and the appreciation of nature. Includes texts by classical philosophers like Plato and Kant alongside essays from art critics like Clive Bell, with new readings from Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, Ronald W. Hepburn, and Arthur C. Danto among others Intersperses philosophical scholarship with diverse contributions from artists, poets, novelists, and critics Broadens the scope of aesthetics beyond the Western tradition, including important texts by Asian philosophers from Mo Tzu to Tanizaki Includes a fully-updated introTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 Plato, The Republic, Book 10 9 2 Aristotle, Poetics, Chapters 1–15 28 3 (A) Mo Tzu, “Against music” (B) Hsun Tzu, “A discussion of music” 44 4 Plotinus, Enneads, 1.6 55 5 (A) Leon Battista Alberti, On Painting, from Books II and III (B) Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks (Selections) 66 6 Shih‐t’ao, “Quotes on Painting” 77 7 David Hume, “Of the standard of taste” 89 8 Immanuel Kant, “Critique of aesthetic judgement,”Sections 1–14, 16, 23–4, 28 108 9 Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man, Letters 26–7 139 10 G.W.F. Hegel, Introduction to Aesthetics, Chapters 1–3 154 11 Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol. I, Section 52 168 12 (A) Walter Pater, The Renaissance, from Preface and Conclusion (B) Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying” (Selections) 183 13 Leo Tolstoy, “On art” 196 14 Clive Bell, “The aesthetic hypothesis” 210 15 A.K. Coomaraswamy, The Dance of Síva, Essays 3−4 227 16 Junichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows (Selections) 243 17 John Dewey, Art as Experience, Chapters 1–2 257 18 Martin Heidegger, “The origin of the work of art,” from Lectures 1 and 2 280 19 R.G. Collingwood, The Principles of Art, Chapter 7 296 20 Ronald W. Hepburn, “Aesthetic appreciation of nature” 319 21 Arthur C. Danto, “The Artworld” 337 Index 353
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Public Art
Book SynopsisA Companion to Public Art is the only scholarly volume to examine the main issues, theories, and practices of public art on a comprehensive scale. Edited by two distinguished scholars with contributions from art historians, critics, curators, and art administrators, as well as artists themselvesIncludes 19 essays in four sections: tradition, site, audience, and critical frameworksCovers important topics in the field, including valorizing victims, public art in urban landscapes and on university campuses, the role of digital technologies, jury selection committees, and the intersection of public art and mass mediaContains artist's philosophy essays, which address larger questions about an artist's body of work and the field of public art, by Julian Bonder, eteam (Hajoe Moderegger and Franziska Lamprecht), John Craig Freeman, Antony Gormley, Suzanne Lacy, Caleb Neelon, Tatzu Nishi, Greg Sholette, and Alan Sonfist.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations x Notes on Contributors xii Acknowledgements xx A Companion to Public Art: Introduction 1Cher Krause Knight and Harriet F. Senie Part I Traditions 13 Introduction 15Cher Krause Knight and Harriet F. Senie Artists’ PhilosophiesMemory Works 25Julian Bonder Public Art? 30Antony Gormley Natural Phenomena as Public Monuments 34Alan Sonfist 1 Memorializing the Holocaust 37James E. Young 2 Chilean Memorials to the Disappeared: Symbolic Reparations and Strategies of Resistance 51Marisa Lerer 3 Modern Mural Painting in the United States: Shaping Spaces/Shaping Publics 75Sally Webster and Sylvia Rhor 4 Locating History in Concrete and Bronze: Civic Monuments in Bamako, Mali 93Mary Jo Arnoldi 5 The Conflation of Heroes and Victims: A New Memorial Paradigm 107Harriet F. Senie Part II Site 119 Introduction 121Cher Krause Knight and Harriet F. Senie Artists’ Philosophies Give That Site Some Privacy 129eteam (Hajoe Moderegger and Franziska Lamprecht) The Grandiose Artistic Vision of Caleb Neelon 135Caleb Neelon 6 Sculptural Showdowns: (Re)Siting and (Mis)Remembering in Chicago 139Eli Robb 7 In the Streets Where We Live 164Kate MacNeill 8 Powerlands: Land Art as Retribution and Reclamation 176Erika Suderburg 9 Waterworks: Politics, Public Art, and the University Campus 191Grant Kester 10 Augmented Realities: Digital Art in the Public Sphere 205Christiane Paul Part III Audience 227 Introduction 229Cher Krause Knight and Harriet F. Senie Artists’ Philosophies Practical Strategies: Framing Narratives for Public Pedagogies 239Suzanne Lacy Public Art in a Post‐Public World: Complicity with Dark Matter 245Gregory Sholette 11 Audiences Are People, Too: Social Art Practice as Lived Experience 251Mary Jane Jacob 12 Contextualizing the Public in Social Practice Projects 268Jennifer McGregor and Renee Piechocki 13 Art Administrators and Audiences 285Charlotte Cohen and Wendy Feuer 14 Poll the Jury: The Role of the Panelist in Public Art 296Mary M. Tinti 15 Participatory Public Art Evaluation: Approaches to Researching Audience Response 310Katherine Gressel Part IV Frames 335 Introduction 337Cher Krause Knight and Harriet F. Senie Artists’ Philosophies The Virtual Sphere Frame: Toward a New Ontology and Epistemology 347John Craig Freeman The Elusive Frame: “Funny,” “Violent,” and “Sexy” 353Tatzu Nishi 16 The Time Frame: Encounters with Ephemeral Public Art 359Patricia C. Phillips 17 The Memory Frame: Set in Stone, a Dialogue 376Amanda Douberley and Paul Druecke 18 The Patronage Frame: New York City’s Mayors and the Support of Public Art 386Michele H. Bogart 19 The Process Frame: Vandalism, Removal, Re‐Siting, Destruction 403Erika Doss 20 The Marketing Frame: Online Corporate Communities and Artistic Intervention 422Jonathan Wallis 21 The Mass Media Frame: Pranking, Soap Operas, and Public Art 435Cher Krause Knight Epilogue 457Cameron Cartiere Index 465
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Art and Technology in Early Modern Europe
Book SynopsisThese essaysexplore the relationship between artistic and technological advances from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. Together they provide a broad definition of technology for this period and address the influence of technological shifts on the history of early modern art.Table of Contents6 Notes on Contributors 8 Chapter 1 After Prometheus: Art and Technology in Early Modern EuropeGenevieve Warwick and Richard Taws 20 Chapter 2 Historians in the Laboratory: Reconstruction of Renaissance Art and Technology in the Making and Knowing ProjectPamela H. Smith and The Making and Knowing Project 44 Chapter 3 Works in Progress: Painting and Modelling in Seventeenth-Century HollandJan Blanc 64 Chapter 4 Looking in the Mirror of Renaissance ArtGenevieve Warwick 92 Chapter 5 Squaring the Circle: The Telescopic View in Early Modern LandscapesAmy Knight Powell 112 Chapter 6 After Galileo: The Image of Science in Niccolò Tornioli’s AstronomersGiulia Martina Weston 128 Chapter 7 The Monument to Louis XIV at the Place Vendôme (1699) as a Technical Achievement: A Question of InterestEtienne Jollet 150 Chapter 8 A Clock Picture as a Philosophical Experiment: The Tableau Mécanique in the Physics Cabinet of Bonnier de la MossonHanneke Grootenboer 166 Chapter 9 Of Air Pumps and Teapots: Joseph Wright of Derby, John Singleton Copley and the Technology of SeeingBryan J. Wolf 186 Chapter 10 Technologies of Illusion: De Loutherbourg’s Eidophusikon in Eighteenth-Century LondonAnn Bermingham 210 Chapter 11 Telegraphic Images in Post-Revolutionary FranceRichard Taws 232 Chapter 12 Seizing Attention: Devices and DesiresBarbara Maria Stafford 239 Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Interpretation and Construction
Book SynopsisInterpretation and Construction examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. Focuses on artistic interpretation, but also includes extended discussion of interpretation of the law and everyday speech and communication. Written by one of the leading theorists of interpretation. Theoretical discussions are consistently centered around examples for ease of comprehension. Trade Review"Stecker is a key player in contemporary philosophical debates about interpretation. In his new book these debates are systematically and even-handedly expounded and Stecker's own distinctive position – a version of historicism and pluralism – defended with meticulous attention to detail. I would recommend his book both to those entering the debates for the first time and to those already well engaged." Peter Lamarque, University of York "In characteristic fashion, Robert Stecker has written a carefully considered and well-crafted book. Interpretation and Construction addresses key issues that have become the subjects of lively debate. It is an important contribution that will be of special interest to philosophers of art, literature, history, and law." Michael Krausz, Bryn Mawr College "Robert Stecker has thoughtfully and comprehensively advanced our understanding of ‘interpretation,’ skillfully surveying historicist and constructivist approaches. Of special interest, he addresses both art and law, two seemingly disparate areas in which theories of ‘interpretation’ have flourished, but have rarely been considered together." Julie C. Van Camp, California State University, Long Beach "Overall, the arguments are interesting, extremely careful, and certainly make a significant contribution to the theory of interpretation. Not only does the book have much to offer to scholars, its arguments are easily accessible to students." Choice "Overall, the arguments are interesting, extremely careful, and certainly make a significant contribution to the theory of interpretation. Not only does the book have much to offer to scholars, its arguments are easily accessible to students." Choice, December 2003Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements. 1. Interpreting the Everyday. 2. Art Interpretation: the Central Issues. 3. A Theory of Art Interpretation: Substantive Claims. 4. A Theory of Art Interpretation: Conceptual and Ontological Claims. 5. Radical Constructivism. 6. Moderate and Historical Constructivism. 7. Interpretation and Construction in the Law. 8. Relativism v. Pluralism. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the
Book SynopsisBrings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Topics addressed include the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art.Trade Review“These lively debates by some of today’s most prominent philosophers of art explore the multiple ways the arts engage our cognition, imagination, emotions, and even our moral sensibilities. The accessibility of these discussions makes them ideal for classroom use, while their range and depth make them equally of interest to philosophers who work in the field.” Susan Feagin, Temple University “By virtue of its astute selection of topics and distinguished contributors, this volume will help to advance debate on a number of central issues in contemporary aesthetics. It also provides an excellent central text for a cutting-edge course on the subject.” Paisley Livingston, Lingnan UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Notes on Contributors. Introduction: A Conceptual Map of Issues in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (Matthew Kieran). HOW ARE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE AND VALUE INTER-RELATED?. 1. Aesthetic Empiricism and the Challenge of Fakes and Ready-mades (Gordon Graham). 2. Against Enlightened Empiricism (David Davies). References and Suggested Reading. IN WHAT DOES TRUE BEAUTY CONSIST?. 3. Beauty and Ugliness in and out of Context (Marcia Muelder Eaton). 4. Terrible Beauties (Carolyn Korsmeyer). References and Suggested Reading. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE?. 5. Aesthetic Experience: A Question of Content (Noël Carroll). 6. The Aesthetic State of Mind (Gary Iseminger). References and Suggested Reading. SHOULD WE VALUE WORKS AS ART FOR WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM?. 7. Art and Cognition (Berys Gaut). 8. Cognitive Values in the Arts: Marking the Boundaries (Peter Lamarque). References. HOW DO PICTURES REPRESENT?. 9. The Speaking Image: Visual Communication and the Nature of Depiction (Robert Hopkins). 10. The Domain of Depiction (Dominic McIver Lopes). References and Suggested Reading. WHAT CONSTITUTES ARTISTIC EXPRESSION?. 11. Artistic Expression and the Hard Case of Pure Music (Stephen Davies). 12. Musical Expressiveness as Hearability-as-Expression (Jerrold Levinson). References and Suggested Reading. IN WHAT WAYS IS THE IMAGINATION INVOLVED IN ENGAGING WITH ARTWORKS?. 13. Anne Brontë and the Uses of Imagination (Gregory Currie). 14. Imagine That! (Jonathan M. Weinberg and Aaron Meskin). References and Suggested Reading. CAN EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO FICTION BE GENUINE AND RATIONAL?. 15. Genuine Rational Fictional Emotions (Tamar Szabó Gendler and Karson Kovakovich). 16. The Challenge of Irrationalism and How Not To Meet It (Derek Matravers). References and Suggested Reading. IS ARTISTIC INTENTION RELEVANT TO THE INTERPRETATION OF ART WORKS?. 17. Interpretation and the Problem of the Relevant Intention (Robert Stecker). 18. Art, Meaning, and Artist’s Meaning (Daniel O. Nathan). References and Suggested Reading. ARE THERE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVALUATION?. 19. There are no Aesthetic Principles (Alan H. Goldman). 20. Iron, Leather and Critical Principles (George Dickie). References and Suggested Reading. WHAT ARE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MORAL AND AESTHETIC VALUES OF ART?. 21. Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism (Eileen John). 22. Ethical Criticism and The Vice of Moderation (Daniel Jacobson). References and Suggested Reading. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Contemporary Debates in Aesthetics and the
Book SynopsisBrings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Topics addressed include the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art.Trade Review“These lively debates by some of today’s most prominent philosophers of art explore the multiple ways the arts engage our cognition, imagination, emotions, and even our moral sensibilities. The accessibility of these discussions makes them ideal for classroom use, while their range and depth make them equally of interest to philosophers who work in the field.” Susan Feagin, Temple University “By virtue of its astute selection of topics and distinguished contributors, this volume will help to advance debate on a number of central issues in contemporary aesthetics. It also provides an excellent central text for a cutting-edge course on the subject.” Paisley Livingston, Lingnan UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Notes on Contributors. Introduction: A Conceptual Map of Issues in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (Matthew Kieran). HOW ARE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE AND VALUE INTER-RELATED?. 1. Aesthetic Empiricism and the Challenge of Fakes and Ready-mades (Gordon Graham). 2. Against Enlightened Empiricism (David Davies). References and Suggested Reading. IN WHAT DOES TRUE BEAUTY CONSIST?. 3. Beauty and Ugliness in and out of Context (Marcia Muelder Eaton). 4. Terrible Beauties (Carolyn Korsmeyer). References and Suggested Reading. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE?. 5. Aesthetic Experience: A Question of Content (Noël Carroll). 6. The Aesthetic State of Mind (Gary Iseminger). References and Suggested Reading. SHOULD WE VALUE WORKS AS ART FOR WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM?. 7. Art and Cognition (Berys Gaut). 8. Cognitive Values in the Arts: Marking the Boundaries (Peter Lamarque). References. HOW DO PICTURES REPRESENT?. 9. The Speaking Image: Visual Communication and the Nature of Depiction (Robert Hopkins). 10. The Domain of Depiction (Dominic McIver Lopes). References and Suggested Reading. WHAT CONSTITUTES ARTISTIC EXPRESSION?. 11. Artistic Expression and the Hard Case of Pure Music (Stephen Davies). 12. Musical Expressiveness as Hearability-as-Expression (Jerrold Levinson). References and Suggested Reading. IN WHAT WAYS IS THE IMAGINATION INVOLVED IN ENGAGING WITH ARTWORKS?. 13. Anne Brontë and the Uses of Imagination (Gregory Currie). 14. Imagine That! (Jonathan M. Weinberg and Aaron Meskin). References and Suggested Reading. CAN EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO FICTION BE GENUINE AND RATIONAL?. 15. Genuine Rational Fictional Emotions (Tamar Szabó Gendler and Karson Kovakovich). 16. The Challenge of Irrationalism and How Not To Meet It (Derek Matravers). References and Suggested Reading. IS ARTISTIC INTENTION RELEVANT TO THE INTERPRETATION OF ART WORKS?. 17. Interpretation and the Problem of the Relevant Intention (Robert Stecker). 18. Art, Meaning, and Artist’s Meaning (Daniel O. Nathan). References and Suggested Reading. ARE THERE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVALUATION?. 19. There are no Aesthetic Principles (Alan H. Goldman). 20. Iron, Leather and Critical Principles (George Dickie). References and Suggested Reading. WHAT ARE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MORAL AND AESTHETIC VALUES OF ART?. 21. Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism (Eileen John). 22. Ethical Criticism and The Vice of Moderation (Daniel Jacobson). References and Suggested Reading. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Tracing Architecture
Book SynopsisTracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Discusses the discovery of the ancient world through the medium of print in the long eighteenth century. Looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. Considers the interrelationship between architecture, antiquity and aesthetics in a pan-European context. Explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Tracing Architecture: the aesthetics of antiquarianism (Dana Arnold and Stephen Bending). Monuments and Texts: Antiquarianism and the beauty of antiquity (Maria Grazia Lolla). Facts or Fragments? Visual histories in the age of mechanical reproduction (Dana Arnold). The Sources and Fortunes of Piranesi’s Archaeological Illustrations (Susan M. Dixon). Antiquity and Improvement in the National Landscape: the Buck’s views of antiquities 1726-42 (Andrew Kennedy). Data, Documentation and Display in Eighteenth-Century Investigations of Exeter Cathedral (Sam Smiles). Every Man is Naturally an Antiquarian: Francis Grose and polite antiquities (Stephen Bending). Voyage: Dominique-Vivant Denon and the transference of images of Egypt (Abigail Harrison Moore). Specimens of Antient Sculpture: Imperialism and the decline of art (Andrew Ballantyne). Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Art as Performance
Book Synopsis* Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts. * Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. * Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art.Trade Review"David Davies’s Art as Performance is itself quite a performance. While agreeing with aesthetic contextualism’s rejection of empiricism in aesthetics, it presents a sophisticated and ingenious critique of, and alternative to, even the most enlightened contextualism about the nature, ontology, and value of art, holding that artworks are, all of them, performances by artists, rather than objects made by artists. Davies’s arguments will require, and will richly reward, the most careful attention from his fellow aestheticians." Jerrold Levinson, University of Maryland "David Davies brings philosophical rigor and fine-grained analytical reasoning to live and pressing debates about the fundamental nature of art. He offers a striking and original thesis as well as an illuminating presentation of the issues. A compelling performance!" Peter Lamarque, University of YorkTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction:. Challenges to Aesthetic Empiricism. Methodological Interlude: The ‘Pragmatic Constraint’ on the Ontology of Art. Aesthetic Empiricism and the Philosophy of Art. 2. Aesthetic Empiricism:. Indirect Arguments Against Aesthetic Empiricism. 3. The Fine Structure of the Focus of Appreciation:. The Structure of the Focus of Appreciation. 4. The Artwork as Performance: An Argument from Artistic Intentions:. Overview. The Bearing of Provenance on Work and Focus. Artistic Intentions and the Ontology of Art. Interpretation and Intention. A Role for Actual Intentions. Ontological Implications. Conclusions. 5. Provenance, Modality, and the Identity of the Artwork:. Preliminaries. 6. Artwork, Action, and Performance. 7. Art as Performance:. Elaborating the Performance Theory. Structure and Focus. Heuristics and the Individuation of Artworks. Work-Constitution and Modality on the Performance Theory. Performances, Actions, and Doings. 8. Revisionism and Modernism Revisited. 9. Performance as Art. 10. Defining ‘Art’ as Performance, and the Values of Art:. Notes Towards a Definition of ‘Art’. The Values of Art. Conclusions: The Case Against Contextualism. References. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Reading Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
Book SynopsisDesigned for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject, this concise anthology brings together key texts in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject. Presents two contrasting pieces on each of six topics. Texts range from Plato''s famous critique of art in the ''Republic'' through Nietzsche''s ''The Birth of Tragedy'' to Barthes'' ''The Death of the Author'' and pieces in recent philosophical aesthetics from a number of traditions. Interactive editorial commentary helps readers to engage with the philosophical train of thought. Explains the argumentative and historical context in which each piece was written. Includes questions for debate and suggestions for further reading. Trade Review"A thoughtful and creative selection of the very best work in aesthetics and philosophy of art brought to life with clear, fresh, and insightful commentaries – there is nothing like it." Dominic McIver Lopes, University of British Columbia ''Through a careful and varied selection of writings, supported by clear and succinct commentary, Janaway's volume succeeds very well in its aim of introducing the philosophy of art and the aesthetic in a way that will allow those new to the subject to grasp its interest and importance.'' Sebastian Gardner, University College LondonTable of ContentsSources and Acknowledgements. Introduction.. 1. Art, value, and philosophy. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Plato. Plato, Republic, Book 10 (extract). Commentary on Plato. Introduction to Nietzsche. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy (extracts). Commentary on Nietzsche.. 2. Aesthetics, art, and nature. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Carroll. Noël Carroll, ‘Art and Interaction’. Commentary on Carroll. Introduction to Hepburn. R.W. Hepburn, ‘Contemporary Aesthetics and the Neglect of Natural Beauty’. Commentary on Hepburn.. 3. Aesthetic judgements. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Hume. David Hume, ‘Of the Standard of Taste’. Commenatary on Hume. Introduction to Kant. Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment (extract). Commentary on Kant.. 4. Definitions of art. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Collingwood. R.G. Collingwood, The Principles of Art (extracts). Commentary on Collingwood. Introduction to Dickie. George Dickie, ‘The Institutional Theory of Art’. Commentary on Dickie.. 5. Authors and works. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Barthes. Roland Barthes, ‘The Death of the Author’. Commentary on Barthes. Introduction to Danto. Arthur C. Danto, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace (extracts). Commentary on Danto.. 6. Depiction in art. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Goodman. Nelson Goodman, Languages of Art (extracts). Commentary on Goodman. Introduction to Wollheim. Richard Wollheim, Painting as an Art (extract). Commentary on Wollheim. Further Reading. Index.
£82.76
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Reading Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
Book SynopsisDesigned for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject, this concise anthology brings together key texts in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject. Presents two contrasting pieces on each of six topics.Trade Review"A thoughtful and creative selection of the very best work in aesthetics and philosophy of art brought to life with clear, fresh, and insightful commentaries – there is nothing like it." Dominic McIver Lopes, University of British Columbia ''Through a careful and varied selection of writings, supported by clear and succinct commentary, Janaway's volume succeeds very well in its aim of introducing the philosophy of art and the aesthetic in a way that will allow those new to the subject to grasp its interest and importance.'' Sebastian Gardner, University College LondonTable of ContentsSources and Acknowledgements. Introduction.. 1. Art, value, and philosophy. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Plato. Plato, Republic, Book 10 (extract). Commentary on Plato. Introduction to Nietzsche. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy (extracts). Commentary on Nietzsche.. 2. Aesthetics, art, and nature. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Carroll. Noël Carroll, ‘Art and Interaction’. Commentary on Carroll. Introduction to Hepburn. R.W. Hepburn, ‘Contemporary Aesthetics and the Neglect of Natural Beauty’. Commentary on Hepburn.. 3. Aesthetic judgements. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Hume. David Hume, ‘Of the Standard of Taste’. Commenatary on Hume. Introduction to Kant. Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment (extract). Commentary on Kant.. 4. Definitions of art. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Collingwood. R.G. Collingwood, The Principles of Art (extracts). Commentary on Collingwood. Introduction to Dickie. George Dickie, ‘The Institutional Theory of Art’. Commentary on Dickie.. 5. Authors and works. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Barthes. Roland Barthes, ‘The Death of the Author’. Commentary on Barthes. Introduction to Danto. Arthur C. Danto, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace (extracts). Commentary on Danto.. 6. Depiction in art. Introduction to the issues. Introduction to Goodman. Nelson Goodman, Languages of Art (extracts). Commentary on Goodman. Introduction to Wollheim. Richard Wollheim, Painting as an Art (extract). Commentary on Wollheim. Further Reading. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Arts Agency and Art History
Book SynopsisArt''s Agency and Art History re-articulates the relationship of the anthropology of art to key methodological and theoretical approaches in art history, sociology, and linguistics. Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world Features an introductory essay by leading experts, which helps clarify issues in the field Includes numerous illustrations Trade Review"A very interesting volume, not only for the excellent quality of its chapters, but also because it shows promising perspectives in the cross-fertilization between anthropology and art history." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2009) "This book represents an extended, timely and extremely valuable exploration of the applicability of the work of Alfred Gell." (The Classical Review, 2008) "Not a single paper presented here failed to provoke or delight this reviewer. This edited volume offers an excellent introduction to Gell’s ideas.... It will surely form an important place in the growing canon of Gell-inspired literature." (Journal of Hellenic Studies, February 2009)Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface. Preface. List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. 1. Introduction: Art and Agency and Art History: Jeremy Tanner (University College London ) and Robin Osborne (University of Cambridge). 2. Enchantment and Sacrifice in Early Egypt: David Wengrow (University College London). 3. Agency Marked, Agency Ascribed: The Affective Object in Ancient Mesopotamia: Irene J. Winter (Harvard University). 4. Portraits and Agency: A Comparative View: Jeremy Tanner (University College London). 5. The Agency of, and the Agency for, the Wanli Emperor: Jessica Rawson (University of Oxford). 6. The Material Efficacy of the Elizabethan Jeweled Miniature: a Gellian Experiment: Jessen Kelly (University of California at Berkeley). 7. Representational Art in Ancient Peru and the Work of Alfred Gell: Jeffrey Quilter (Peabody Museum, Harvard). 8. Gell's Idols and Roman Cult: Peter Stewart (Courtauld Institute of Art in London). 9. Sex, Agency, and History: the Case of Athenian Painted Pottery: Robin Osborne (University of Cambridge). 10. Abducting the Agency of Art: Whitney Davis (University of California at Berkeley). Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd ReThinking Art
Book Synopsis(Re)Thinking Art: A Guide for Beginners is a primer that considers the term art, what it means and why it matters. Rather than being about any particular sort of art visual or otherwise the book addresses the idea of art in all, in all its messy complexity, and offers meaningful access to the vast array of human products to which it refers. Written by an award-winning teacher as a response to students' ongoing challenge, What is ''art'', anyway, and why should I care? Aims to bring readers into a meaningful relationship with art and teaches them to think critically and creatively about it - and by extension, about anything else Provides an ideal introduction to the field for students and anyone interested in art today Offers a jargon-free, common-sense basis from which to approach the theories that dominate the art world today, for readers who may wish to pursue them further Trade Review"(Re)Thinking 'Art' is a wonderful little book, mostly accessible and often funny, that offers a way forward to critical thinking about art. I would recommend it without hesitation for lower-level undergraduate courses." (Teachers College Record, December 2008) "In-depth examination of art told in plain, lively language ... [which] will allow seasoned art thinkers to reevaluate and, hopefully, reaffirm their love of art." (Art Blog by Bob)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: What’s The Big Idea?. 1. Being Human. 2. The History of 'Art'. 3. The 'History of Art'. 4. 'Art,' Lately. 5. 'Art' and Language. 6. (Re)Thinking 'Art'. 7. Pragmatics. 8. Or, Maybe . .. Bibliography. Index.
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