In this bracing engagement with the many versions of art history, James Elkins argues that the story of modernism and postmodernism is almost always told in terms of four narratives. Works of art are either seen as modern or postmodern, or praised for their technical skill or because of the politics they appear to embody. These are master narratives of contemporary criticism, and each leads to a different understanding of what art is and does. Both a cogent overview of the state of thinking about art and a challenge to think outside the art historical box, Master Narratives and their Discontents is the first volume in a series of short books on the theories of modernism by leading art historians on twentieth-century art and art criticism.
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Highly-revered art historian, James Elkins, argues that the story of modernism and postmodernism is almost always told in terms of four narratives, with each narrative leading to a different understanding of what art is and does.
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Series Preface Introduction, by Anna Sigrídur Arnar The Master Narratives and Their Discontents 1: Modernisms 2: Postmodernisms 3: Politics 4: The Importance of Skill 5: The Idea That None of This Matters Anymore 6: Conclusions Seminar Bibliography Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415972703
Publisert
2005-08-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
317 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
204

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Biographical note

James Elkins is E.C. Chadbourne Chair in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Head of History of Art at the University College Cork, Ireland. He is the author of Pictures and Tears,How to Use Your Eyes, and WhatPainting Is and, most recently, of Visual Studies: ASkeptical Introduction and The Strange Place of Religionin Contemporary Art, all published by Routledge.