In this intimate history, James Elkins demonstrates that there is - and can never be - only one story of art. He opens up the questions that traditional art history usually avoids.
In this intimate history, James Elkins demonstrates that there is - and can never be - only one story of art. He opens up the questions that traditional art history usually avoids.
In this intimate history, James Elkins demonstrates that there is - and can never be - only one story of art. He opens up the questions that traditional art history usually avoids.
"Alter Ego is the first monograph in English on the critical writings of Michel Leiris (1901-90). A autobiographer and ethnographer, Leiris also produced criticism on art, opera, jazz and literature. His work offers commentary on twentieth-century intellectual movements and demo…
"Alter Ego is the first monograph in English on the critical writings of Michel Leiris (1901-90). A autobiographer and ethnographer, Leiris also produced criticism on art, opera, jazz and literature. His work offers commentary on twentieth-century intellectual movements and demo…
"Aby Warburg (1866-1929) is best known as the originator of the discipline of iconology and as the founder of the institute that bears his name. His followers included such celebrated art historians of the twentieth century such as Erwin Panofsky, Edgar Wind, and Fritz Saxl. But…
In the 1980s Danto announced that art ended in the sixties. Here he presents the first full-scale reformulation of his original insight, showing how art has deviated irrevocably from the narrative course that previously defined it. Danto focuses on the philosophy of art criticis…
Over a decade ago, Arthur Danto announced that art ended in the sixties. Ever since this declaration, he has been at the forefront of a radical critique of the nature of art in our time. After the End of Art presents Danto's first full-scale reformulation of his original insight…
For the past few decades Hal Foster's critical gaze has encompassed the increasingly complex machinery of the culture industry. His observations push the boundaries of cultural criticism to establish a vantage point from which the seemingly disparate agendas of artists, patrons,…
The Invention of a People explores the residual relation between Heidegger's thought and Deleuze's novelty, focusing on the parallels between their emphasis on the connection of earth, art and a people-to-come. Contextualising the problematic of a people-to-come within a larger …
A multi-layered reading of the intersections between two of the most influential figures in contemporary philosophy The Invention of a People explores the residual relation between Heidegger's thought and Deleuze's novelty, focusing on the parallels between their emphasis on the…