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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shiff, Richard
Otros Autores: Bennett, Rosie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2008.
Colección:Theories of modernism and postmodernism in the visual arts ; v. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 203 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135872229
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