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Art Is Not What You Think It Is presents a thought-provoking manifesto by two leading art historians which reconsiders current discussions on the idea of art, and offers new and challenging insights into its uses, meanings, and its very nature.

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“Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty.” (Choice, 1 August 2012)



Table of Contents
List of Figures vi

Preface: Art Is Not What You Think It Is viii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction: Art and/as Manifesto 1

First Incursion: Artistry and Authorship 19

Second Incursion: The Dangers of Art and the Trap of the Visual 33

Third Incursion: To See the Frame that Blinds Us 52

Fourth Incursion: Deconstructing the Agencies of Art 74

Fifth Incursion: Intersections of the Local and the Global 94

Sixth Incursion: Into the Breach of Art and Religion 121

Seventh Incursion: The Art of Commodifying Artistry 142

Index 165

Art Is Not What You Think It Is

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    A Paperback / softback by Donald Preziosi, Claire Farago

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 03/02/2012
      ISBN13: 9781405192392, 978-1405192392
      ISBN10: 1405192399
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Art Is Not What You Think It Is presents a thought-provoking manifesto by two leading art historians which reconsiders current discussions on the idea of art, and offers new and challenging insights into its uses, meanings, and its very nature.

      Trade Review

      “Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty.” (Choice, 1 August 2012)



      Table of Contents
      List of Figures vi

      Preface: Art Is Not What You Think It Is viii

      Acknowledgments xv

      Introduction: Art and/as Manifesto 1

      First Incursion: Artistry and Authorship 19

      Second Incursion: The Dangers of Art and the Trap of the Visual 33

      Third Incursion: To See the Frame that Blinds Us 52

      Fourth Incursion: Deconstructing the Agencies of Art 74

      Fifth Incursion: Intersections of the Local and the Global 94

      Sixth Incursion: Into the Breach of Art and Religion 121

      Seventh Incursion: The Art of Commodifying Artistry 142

      Index 165

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