Toward a Grammar of Abstraction by Robert Steiner

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Toward a Grammar of Abstraction by Robert Steiner

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Part of Literature And Philosophy series

Summary

An analysis of the "translation" of painting into the language of art studies. This essay examines the status of paintings as objects of knowledge and as subjects of study. It analyses the failure of art studies to make meanings of abstraction, using Jackson Pollock's paintings as an example.

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Toward a Grammar of Abstraction by Robert Steiner

Toward a Grammar of Abstraction takes as its point of departure three features of modern art reading: the practice of translating the visual into institutional language, the vocabulary of representation in relation to abstract art, and the prevalence of totality as a model of art-historical knowledge.

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ISBN 13 9780271008660
ISBN 10 0271008660
Title Toward a Grammar of Abstraction
Author Robert Steiner
Series Literature And Philosophy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pennsylvania State University Press
Year published 1992-10-21
Number of pages 80
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