Art in modern culture : an anthology of critical texts (en anglais) - Couverture souple

Frascina, Francis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0714828408 ISBN 13 : 9780714828404

Editeur : Phaidon Press, in association with the Open University, 1999

Synopsis

Art in Modern Culture This reader for the Open University's course on Modern Art: Practices and Debates presents a selection of key texts, including classic works from the 1930s to the 1960s, alongside contemporary writings, that introduce the reader to many issues on which critics and art historians have focused. Full description

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This reader for the Open University's new course on 'Modern Art: Practices and Debates' presents a radical selection of key texts reflecting the intense contemporary debates on art and its social role.

Major recent controversies about the category `art' and the meaning of `culture' have continued to center round the Modernist tradition and its claims for the value and moral integrity of 'autonomy' and `disinterested' aesthetic experience. The traditional discipline of art history has been expanded and challenged by new insights and by alternative perspectives which have been influenced by feminism, Marxism, social and literary theory, linguistics and anthropology. The result has been a series of wide-ranging debates on the status of art and its role in culture and in history.

This anthology introduces the reader to these debates and covers the whole range of issues on which critics and art historians have focused. While a few classic texts from the 1930s to 1960s are included, the majority of the texts are by contemporary authors engaged in current debate, and will provide an invaluable resource for students and teachers as well as providing the general reader with an accessible introduction to the key issues of modern art and society.

Francis Frascina is John Raven Professor of Visual Arts and Jonathan Harris is Lecturer in History of Art and Critical Theory in the Department of Visual Arts, Keele University

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Phaidon Press, in association with the Open University
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0714828408
• ISBN 13: 9780714828404
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352