Art History: A Very Short Introduction [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Arnold, Dana

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ISBN 10: 0192801813 ISBN 13: 9780192801814

Casa editrice: Oxford, 2013

Riassunto

This clear and concise new introduction examines all the major debates and issues using a wide range of well-known examples. It discusses the challenge of using verbal and written language to analyse a visual form. Dana Arnold also examines the many different ways of writing about art, and the changing boundaries of the subject of art history. Topics covered include the canon of Art History, the role of the gallery, 'blockbuster' exhibitions, the emergence of social histories of art (Feminist Art History or Queer Art History, for example), the impact of photography, and the development of Art History using artefacts such as the altarpiece, the portrait, or pornography, to explore social and cultural issues such as consumption, taste, religion, and politics.

Importantly, this book explains how the traditional emphasis on periods and styles originates in western art production and can obscure other critical approaches, as well as art from non western cultures.

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Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dana Arnold, Professor of Art History, University of East Anglia.

Contenuti:

• 1: What is Art History?
• 2: Writing Art History
• 3: Presenting Art History
• 4: Thinking about Art History
• 5: Reading Pictures
• Timeline
• Glossary
• Further Reading

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0192801813
• ISBN 13: 9780192801814
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144