edited steve edwards open university (1 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 2nd Impession. Trade Paperback. This vooume present eighty-nine influential texts that have played a significant role in shaping modern judgements and values about art. Emphasising the debates and ideological assumptions around the Western canon of art, the book ranges through art history from Pliny the Elder to current issues of gender, post-colonialism and museum policy. Contents: List of Contents. List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction - Steve Edwards. Section One - Academies, Museums and Canons of Art. Section Two - The Changing Status of the Artist. Section Three - Gender and Art. Section Four - The Challenge of the Avant-Garde. Section Five - Views of Difference: Different Views of Art. Section Six - Contemporary Cultures of Display. Index. Illustrated. 336 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).