Doubt /
In an age where art history's questions are now expected to receive answers, Richard Shiff presents a challenging alternative. In this essential new addition to James Elkins's series Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts, Richard Shiff embraces doubt as a critical tool...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2008.
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Colección: | Theories of modernism and postmodernism in the visual arts ;
v. 3. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In an age where art history's questions are now expected to receive answers, Richard Shiff presents a challenging alternative. In this essential new addition to James Elkins's series Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts, Richard Shiff embraces doubt as a critical tool and asks how particular histories of art have come to be. Shiff's turn to doubt is not a retreat to relativism, but rather an insistence on clear thinking about art. In particular, Shiff takes issue with the style of self-referential art writing seemingly 'licensed' by Roland Barthes. With an introduction by. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 203 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781135872229 1135872228 9780203928073 0203928075 0415973082 9780415973083 0415973090 9780415973090 1283363631 9781283363631 9786613363633 6613363634 |