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Capacity: The History, the World and the Self in Contemporary Art and Criticism - Couverture rigide

Livre 19 sur 21: Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture

McEvilley, Thomas

 
9789057010514: Capacity: The History, the World and the Self in Contemporary Art and Criticism
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9057010518 ISBN 13 : 9789057010514
Editeur : Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

G. Roger Denson brings singular insight to Thomas McEvilley's writings. As an art writer he has explored similar territory, but from the point of view of a nomadic ideologist. His approach matches that of his subject. He addresses the issues of pragmatism, historicism, and cultural relativism. In so doing, he effectively dismantles the need to establish a master narrative. The contrast and agreement between these two writers constitutes a mapping of the terrain of contemporary culture. What sets Thomas McEvilley apart from other critics in art and culture is his direct knowledge of the newest art and theory, and his comprehensive understanding of classic art and ancient civilizations. It is rare to find a writer equally fluent in the production of modernist aesthetics, the anti-aesthetics of post-modernism, T'ang Dynasty Taoist painting, the doctrines of the Tantra, Platonic mysticism, and Aristotelian logic. This vast knowledge has enabled him to produce some of the best-conceived and eccentric

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À propos de l'auteur

Thomas McEvilley, G. Roger Denson

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9057010518
ISBN 13 
9789057010514
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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