On criticism /
In a recent poll of practicing art critics, €75 percent reported that rendering judgments on artworks was the least significant aspect of their job. This is a€troubling statistic for philosopher and critic Noel Carroll, who argues that that the proper task of the critic is not simply to describe, or...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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Colección: | Thinking in action.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In a recent poll of practicing art critics, €75 percent reported that rendering judgments on artworks was the least significant aspect of their job. This is a€troubling statistic for philosopher and critic Noel Carroll, who argues that that the proper task of the critic is not simply to describe, or to uncover hidden meanings or agendas, but€instead€to determine what is of value in art. Carroll argues for a humanistic conception of criticism which focuses on what the artist has achieved by creating or performing the work. Whilst a good critic should not neglect to contextual. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780203881125 0203881125 1134221312 9781134221318 1282153226 9781282153226 9786612153228 6612153229 |