Bibliograph

Believing is seeing, creating the culture of art, Mary Anne Staniszewski

Type

Label

Believing is seeing, creating the culture of art, Mary Anne Staniszewski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Believing is seeing

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

29844014

Responsibility statement

Mary Anne Staniszewski

Sub title

creating the culture of art

Summary

Why are the paleolithic Venus of Willendorf, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, and Marcel Duchamp's ready-made urinal all considered works of art? Why, strictly speaking, is a Cindy Sherman photograph more "art-like" than a Da Vinci portrait? How did the painters and sculptors of the Renaissance see their creations? And who decides what art is today? In the tradition of Marshall McLuhan and John Berger, this learned and deliciously subversive book gives us a new way of seeing our artistic heritage. Believing Is Seeing is a work of multicultural scope and glittering intelligence that bridges the gulf between classical Japanese painting and the films of Spike Lee, between high theory and pop culture. Probing beyond the rhetorical surface of standard art histories and drawing on a panoramic array of illustrative material, Mary Anne Staniszewski throws a fresh light on individual works and the often mystifying criteria by which they are valued

Table Of Contents

What is Art? -- Art and the Modern Subject -- The Term "Art" -- Aesthetics: The Theory of Art -- The Privilege: Creating Art -- The Academy -- The Museum -- The Discipline: Art History and The Development of Modernism -- The Avant-Garde, Popular Culture, and the Creation of the Mass Media -- Art and Culture Today

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Contributor