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Piss and Light: Critical Essays of Baruch D. Kirschenbaum - Couverture souple

Kirschenbaum, Baruch D; Elizabeth, Grossman G

 
9798218496289: Piss and Light: Critical Essays of Baruch D. Kirschenbaum
Couverture souple
ISBN 13 : 9798218496289
Editeur : Gnatbooks, 2024

Synopsis

    This book reprints the critical essays of esteemed art historian Baruch D. Kirschenbaum (1931-2024), who taught art history at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1962 to 2001, including terms as head of the Art History department and chair/dean of the Liberal Arts division. Essays cover Andres Serrano's controversial "Piss Christ"; the police raid and obscenity trial of the 1978 exhibit "Private Parts"; the purpose of art school humanities; primitivism and contemporary art; the role of art museums; a film documenting an art auction; the photographic works of Doug Prince; and Michelangelo's drawings for Cavaliere. Elizabeth G. Grossman provides contextualizing commentary for each essay, as well as for Kirschenbaum's acclaimed book on Jan Steen, plus biographical background for the author.

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À propos des auteurs

Baruch D. Kirschenbaum (1931-2024) grew up on New York's West Side. After being drafted into the Marine Corps during the Korean War, he got a BA at Hunter College and a doctorate in the History of Art from Harvard. He taught art history at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1962 to 2001. He loved teaching art and design students and was exceptionally effective at it.

Elizabeth G. Grossman grew up in the small town of Port Jefferson on Long Island Sound. She began college in 1958 at Duke University, left to get married in 1960, and finished her studies at Brown University, where she got a doctorate in architectural history in 1980. She taught at RISD from 1973 to 2005, first in the Department of Architecture, then in Art History.

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Éditeur
Gnatbooks
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798218496289
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
172
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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