Author: Daniel Herwitz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226328911
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Artists and critics regularly enlist theory in their creation and assessment of artworks, but few have scrutinized the art theories themselves. Making Theory/Constructing Art: On the Authority of the Avant-Garde is among the first philosophical texts to provide a close encounter with this theoretical tendency in twentieth-century art and aesthetics, exploring the norms, assumptions, historical conditions, and institutions that have framed the development and uses of theory in art. In a series of intricate readings of constructivism, Mondrian, and John Cage, Daniel Herwitz outlines the avant-garde's belief that theory can perfectly prefigure the avant-garde art object and invest it with utopian force. Through similarly insightful treatments of Arthur Danto, Andy Warhol, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, and postmodern art and theory, Herwitz demonstrates how the contemporary art world is heir to the avant-garde's theoretical assumptions and practices. In fact, avant-garde art objects live as art only by partly resisting the master theories of their makers and interpreters. Skillfully resisting the lure of grand theory himself, Herwitz urges the art world to be more self-critical and self-reflective about its uses of theory. Making Theory/Constructing Art is as accessible and entertainingly written as it is philosophically incisive. Since the book is both a philosophical and a cultural encounter with theory in twentieth-century art, it will engage all those who have tried to grapple with the inscrutability of the theoretical art muse.
Making Theory/Constructing Art
Author: Daniel Herwitz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226328911
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Artists and critics regularly enlist theory in their creation and assessment of artworks, but few have scrutinized the art theories themselves. Making Theory/Constructing Art: On the Authority of the Avant-Garde is among the first philosophical texts to provide a close encounter with this theoretical tendency in twentieth-century art and aesthetics, exploring the norms, assumptions, historical conditions, and institutions that have framed the development and uses of theory in art. In a series of intricate readings of constructivism, Mondrian, and John Cage, Daniel Herwitz outlines the avant-garde's belief that theory can perfectly prefigure the avant-garde art object and invest it with utopian force. Through similarly insightful treatments of Arthur Danto, Andy Warhol, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, and postmodern art and theory, Herwitz demonstrates how the contemporary art world is heir to the avant-garde's theoretical assumptions and practices. In fact, avant-garde art objects live as art only by partly resisting the master theories of their makers and interpreters. Skillfully resisting the lure of grand theory himself, Herwitz urges the art world to be more self-critical and self-reflective about its uses of theory. Making Theory/Constructing Art is as accessible and entertainingly written as it is philosophically incisive. Since the book is both a philosophical and a cultural encounter with theory in twentieth-century art, it will engage all those who have tried to grapple with the inscrutability of the theoretical art muse.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226328911
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Artists and critics regularly enlist theory in their creation and assessment of artworks, but few have scrutinized the art theories themselves. Making Theory/Constructing Art: On the Authority of the Avant-Garde is among the first philosophical texts to provide a close encounter with this theoretical tendency in twentieth-century art and aesthetics, exploring the norms, assumptions, historical conditions, and institutions that have framed the development and uses of theory in art. In a series of intricate readings of constructivism, Mondrian, and John Cage, Daniel Herwitz outlines the avant-garde's belief that theory can perfectly prefigure the avant-garde art object and invest it with utopian force. Through similarly insightful treatments of Arthur Danto, Andy Warhol, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, and postmodern art and theory, Herwitz demonstrates how the contemporary art world is heir to the avant-garde's theoretical assumptions and practices. In fact, avant-garde art objects live as art only by partly resisting the master theories of their makers and interpreters. Skillfully resisting the lure of grand theory himself, Herwitz urges the art world to be more self-critical and self-reflective about its uses of theory. Making Theory/Constructing Art is as accessible and entertainingly written as it is philosophically incisive. Since the book is both a philosophical and a cultural encounter with theory in twentieth-century art, it will engage all those who have tried to grapple with the inscrutability of the theoretical art muse.
Making Theory/Constructing Art
Author: Daniel Alan Herwitz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226328928
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Artists and critics regularly enlist theory in the creation and assessment of artworks, but few have scrutinized the art theories themselves. Here, Daniel examines and critiques the norms, assumptions, historical conditions, and institutions that have framed the development and uses of art theory. Spurred by the theoretical claims of Arthur Danto, a leader in the philosophy of the avant-garde, Herwitz reexamines the art and theory of major figures in the avant-garde movement including John Cage, Jean-François Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, and Andy Warhol.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226328928
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Artists and critics regularly enlist theory in the creation and assessment of artworks, but few have scrutinized the art theories themselves. Here, Daniel examines and critiques the norms, assumptions, historical conditions, and institutions that have framed the development and uses of art theory. Spurred by the theoretical claims of Arthur Danto, a leader in the philosophy of the avant-garde, Herwitz reexamines the art and theory of major figures in the avant-garde movement including John Cage, Jean-François Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, and Andy Warhol.
MAKING THEORY - CONSTRUCTING ART.
Art and Knowledge
Author: James O. Young
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134519303
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Art and Knowledge argues that the experience of art is so rewarding because it can be an important source of knowledge about ourselves and our relation to each other and to the world.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134519303
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Art and Knowledge argues that the experience of art is so rewarding because it can be an important source of knowledge about ourselves and our relation to each other and to the world.
Dancing at the Louvre
Author: Faith Ringgold
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520214307
Category : African American quilts
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Contemporary artist Faith Ringgold has adapted the tradition of the American slave quilt to create a world in which African Americans and women dominate, where history is not only questioned but reinvented. 102 illustrations, 40 in color.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520214307
Category : African American quilts
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Contemporary artist Faith Ringgold has adapted the tradition of the American slave quilt to create a world in which African Americans and women dominate, where history is not only questioned but reinvented. 102 illustrations, 40 in color.
Themes in the Philosophy of Music
Author: Stephen Davies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191515604
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Is music a language of the emotions? How do recorded pop songs differ from works created for live performance? Is John Cage's silent piece, 4'33", music? Stephen Davies's new book collects some of his most important papers on central topics in the philosophy of music. As well as perennial questions, Davies addresses contemporary controversies, including the impact of modern technology on the presentation and reception of both new and old musical works. These essays, two ofthem new and previously unpublished, are self-standing but thematically connected, and will be of great interest to philosophers, aestheticians, and to theorists of music and art.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191515604
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Is music a language of the emotions? How do recorded pop songs differ from works created for live performance? Is John Cage's silent piece, 4'33", music? Stephen Davies's new book collects some of his most important papers on central topics in the philosophy of music. As well as perennial questions, Davies addresses contemporary controversies, including the impact of modern technology on the presentation and reception of both new and old musical works. These essays, two ofthem new and previously unpublished, are self-standing but thematically connected, and will be of great interest to philosophers, aestheticians, and to theorists of music and art.
Good Looking
Author: Barbara Maria Stafford
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262692106
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Challenging the reflexive identification of images with vice.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262692106
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Challenging the reflexive identification of images with vice.
Steam-boiler Construction
Author: Walter S. Hutton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive boilers
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive boilers
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Rudiments of the Art of Building
Author: Edward Dobson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Leonardo
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
International journal of contemporary visual artists.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
International journal of contemporary visual artists.