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| Preface | |
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| About Art Criticism | |
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| Love and Hate | |
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| Critical Arrogance and Humility | |
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| Difficult Criticism | |
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| Critics and Artists | |
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| Critics and Audiences | |
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| The Diversity of Critics | |
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| Critics and the Art Market | |
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| The History of Art Criticism | |
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| Some Critics Past and Present | |
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| Giorgio Vasari | |
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| Denis Diderot | |
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| Charles Baudelaire | |
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| Clement Greenberg | |
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| Lawrence Alloway | |
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| Hilton Kramer | |
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| Arlene Raven | |
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| Lucy Lippard | |
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| Criticism: A Definition | |
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| Criticizing Criticism (and Critics) | |
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| The Value of Criticism | |
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| Theory and Art Criticism | |
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| Modernity and Postmodernity | |
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| Modernist Aesthetics and Criticism | |
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| Postmodernist Aesthetics and Criticism | |
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| Feminist Aesthetics and Criticism | |
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| Multiculturalist Aesthetics and Criticism | |
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| Queer Theory | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Describing Art | |
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| Subject Matter | |
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| Medium | |
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| Form | |
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| Painting: Leon Golub | |
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| Sculpture: Deborah Butterfield | |
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| Glass: Dale Chihuly | |
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| Performance Art: Laurie Anderson | |
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| Video: Bill Viola | |
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| Installations: Ann Hamilton | |
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| A Summary and Conclusions About Description | |
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| Lively Writing | |
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| Internal and External Sources of Information | |
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| Truthful Descriptions | |
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| Interpreting Art | |
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| Interpreting the Photographs of William Wegman | |
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| Interpreting the Work of Jenny Holzer | |
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| Interpreting the Paintings of Elizabeth Murray | |
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| Principles of Interpretation | |
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| Judging Art | |
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| Judging Frida Kahlo's Paintings | |
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| Peter Plagens | |
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| Hayden Herrera | |
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| Other Critics and Kahlo | |
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| Judging Martin Puryear's Sculptures | |
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| Judging Romare Bearden's Collages | |
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| Examples of Negative Judgments | |
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| Opposite Judgments of the Same Work | |
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| Appraisals, Reasons, and Criteria | |
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| Traditional Criteria | |
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| Realism | |
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| Expressionism | |
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| Formalism | |
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| Instrumentalism | |
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| Other Criteria | |
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| Choosing Among Criteria | |
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| Judging Art: A Summary | |
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| Writing and Talking About Art | |
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| Writing Art Criticism | |
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| Choosing What to Write About | |
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| Describing | |
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| Interpreting | |
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| Judging | |
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| Considering Assumptions | |
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| Technicalities and Procedures of Writing | |
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| Selecting a Style Manual | |
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| Determining Word Count | |
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| Identifying Your Audience | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Taking Notes | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Making an Outline | |
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| Writing | |
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| Rewriting | |
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| Common Errors and Writing Recommendations | |
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| Editing | |
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| Adhering to Deadlines | |
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| Using a Word Processor | |
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| Examples of Students' Writing | |
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| Talking About Works of Art | |
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| Casual Conversation About Art | |
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| Organized Talk About Art | |
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| Criticizing Works in the Public Domain | |
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| General Recommendations for Good Group Discussions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |