Field Notes on the Visual Arts
Field Notes on the Visual Arts
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In Field Notes on the Visual Arts, 75 scholars, curators and artists traverse chronology and geography to reveal the meanings and dilemmas of art.
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Field Notes on the Visual Arts by Karen Lang
What is the relation of art and history? What is art today? Why does art affect us? In Field Notes on the Visual Arts, 75 scholars, curators and artists traverse chronology and geography to reveal the meanings and dilemmas of art. The eight topic headings - Anthropomorphism, Appropriation, Contingency, Detail, Materiality, Mimesis, Time and Tradition - are written by historians of art, literature, culture and science, archaeologists, anthropologists, philosophers, curators and artists, and consider an astonishing range of artefacts. Poised somewhere between Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects and an academic volume of essays on art, Field Notes brings together voices generally separated inside and outside the academy. Its open approach to knowledge is commensurate with the work of art, aiming to make clear that the work of art is both meaningful and resistant to meaning.Karen Lang is Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford (2019–20)
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783209965 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783209968 |
| Title | Field Notes on the Visual Arts |
| Author | Karen Lang |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Intellect |
| Year published | 2019-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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