Art Is Not What You Think It Is by Donald Preziosi

Art Is Not What You Think It Is by Donald Preziosi

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Art Is Not What You Think It Is presents a thought-provoking manifesto by two leading art historians which reconsiders current discussions on the idea of art, and offers new and challenging insights into its uses, meanings, and its very nature.

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Art Is Not What You Think It Is by Donald Preziosi

Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functioned in a variety of contexts Deals with divisive and controversial problems such as blasphemy and idolatry, and the problem of artistic truth Addresses relations between European notions about art and artifice and those developed in other and especially indigenous cultural traditions

“Summing Up: RecommendedGraduate students and researchers/faculty.”  (Choice, 1 August 2012)

Donald Preziosi is Emeritus Professor of Art History and Critical Theory at UCLA, and Former Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford. He trained in art history, classics, and linguistics at Harvard, and is the author and co-author of many books including The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology (2009).

Claire Farago is Professor of Renaissance Art Theory and Criticism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is author and co-author of many books on art theory, historiography, and museums, and is an authority on the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci. Her numerous publications include Re-Reading Leonardo: The Treatise on Painting across Europe 1550-1900 (2009).
Donald Preziosi and Claire Farago have previously collaborated as co-editors of Grasping the World: The Idea of the Museum (2004).

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ISBN 13 9781405192392
ISBN 10 1405192399
Title Art Is Not What You Think It Is
Author Donald Preziosi
Series Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 2012-02-03
Number of pages 192
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