Art in Modern Culture: An Anthology of Critical Texts (Open University Set Book) - Softcover

Open University

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714828408 ISBN 13: 9780714828404

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1994

Synopsis

The traditional discipline of art history has been expanded and challenged by new insights and alternative perspectives, resulting in a series of wide-ranging debates on the status of art and its role in culture and history. This reader for the Open University's course, 'Modern Art: Practices and Debates', presents a radical selection of key texts reflecting the intense debates on art and its social role influenced by feminism, Marxism, social and literary theory, linguistics and anthropology. This anthology introduces the reader to these debates and covers the whole range of issues which critics and art historians have focused, offering classic texts from the 1930s to the 1960s alongside those of contemporary authors engaged in current debate.

About this title

Synopsis:

This reader for the Open University's course on Modern Art: Practices and Debates presents a selection of key texts, including classic works from the 1930s to the 1960s, alongside contemporary writings, that introduce the reader to many issues on which critics and art historians have focused.

About the Author:

Francis Frascina is John Raven Professor of Visual Arts and Jonathan Harris is Lecturer in History of Art and Critical Theory in the Department of Visual Arts, Keele University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0714828408
• ISBN 13: 9780714828404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Francina Francis, Harris Jonathan