Critical Terms for Art History - R. S. Nelson
Critical Terms for Art History - R. S. Nelson "Art" has always been contested terrain, whether the object in question is a medieval tapestry or Duchamp's Fountain. The first edition of Critical Terms…
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Critical Terms for Art History - R. S. Nelson
"Art" has always been contested terrain, whether the object in question is a medieval tapestry or Duchamp's Fountain. The first edition of Critical Terms for Art History both mapped and contributed to those transformations, offering a spirited reassessment of the field's methods and terminology.Art history as a field has kept pace with debates over globalization and other social and political issues in recent years, making a second edition of this book not just timely, but crucial. But questions about the categories of "art" and "art history" acquired increased urgency during the 1970s, when new developments in critical theory and other intellectual projects dramatically transformed the discipline.
Like its predecessor, this new edition consists of essays that cover a wide variety of "loaded" terms in the history of art, from sign to meaning,