Art History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Arnold, Dana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192801813 ISBN 13: 9780192801814

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

This clear and concise new introduction examines all the major debates and issues using a wide range of well-known examples. It discusses the challenge of using verbal and written language to analyse a visual form. Dana Arnold also examines the many different ways of writing about art, and the changing boundaries of the subject of art history. Topics covered include the canon of Art History, the role of the gallery, 'blockbuster' exhibitions, the emergence of social
histories of art (Feminist Art History or Queer Art History, for example), the impact of photography, and the development of Art History using artefacts such as the altarpiece, the portrait, or pornography, to explore social and cultural issues such as consumption, taste, religion, and politics.

Importantly, this book explains how the traditional emphasis on periods and styles originates in western art production and can obscure other critical approaches, as well as art from non western cultures.

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Dana Arnold is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Southampton and Director of the Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism. Her recent publications include Re-presenting the Metropolis and The Georgian Country House: Architecture, Landscape and Society.


Dana Arnold is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Southampton and Director of the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0192801813
• ISBN 13: 9780192801814
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
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