Why Is That Art? Aesthetics and Criticism of Contemporary Art

Name: Why Is That Art? Aesthetics and Criticism of Contemporary Art
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ISBN: 9780195167429

ISBN-10: 0195167422

ISBN-13: 9780195167429

Edition: 2007

Authors: Terry Barrett

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Why Is That Art? addresses common questions that viewers raise about contemporary art: Why is that art? Why is it in an art museum? Who says it's art? If I did this, would it be art? Why is it good? Covering a broad, diverse, and engaging sampling of works--abstract and representational painting, monumental sculpture, performance art, video installations, films, and photographs--author Terry Barrett responds to these questions using three sources: the artists who created the works, philosophers of art, and art critics. Introducing students to a variety of established theories of art, he presents the traditional sets of criteria of Realism, Expressionism, and Formalism, which are in turn…

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List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/16/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 9.09" wide x 7.40" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Terry Barrett is Professor of Art Education, with a joint appointment in the Department of Art, at The Ohio State University, where he is the recipient of a distinguished teaching award for courses in criticism and aesthetics within education. He has authored four books: Interpreting Art: Reflecting, Wondering and Responding; Criticizing Art: Understanding the Contemporary (2nd ed.); Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images (4th ed.); and Talking about Student Art. He edited the anthology Lessons for Teaching Art Criticism, published articles in Aesthetic Education, Afterimage, Art Education, Exposure, Camera-Lucida, Dialogue, Cultural Research in Art Education, New…



Illustrations


Preface


Introduction



Artworlds and Definitions: How That Became Art


Art Honorific Definitions of "Art": The Open Definition: Classificatory Definitions: Aesthetics


Art Criticism


Interpretation and Judgment


Critics on Criticizing


Criticizing Criticism


Criticism and Aesthetics


Skepticism about Art, Aesthetics, and Criticism


Aesthetics, Art Criticism, and Visual Culture


Aestheticians, Artists, Critics, and Readers



Realism


Art Is Realistic, True, and Beautiful


A Brief Overview of Realism Plato


Works of Art



Critical Commentary on Koons's Work


Koons's Thoughts about His Own Work: Kitsch: Aristotle


Paintings



Critical Commentary on Rockman's Paintings


Rockman's Thoughts about His Own Work


Photographs by Andres Serrano


Critical Commentary on Serrano's Photographs


Pornography Obscenity and Censorship


Photography, Reality, and Truth


What Does It Mean to Say That a Work Is "Realistic"?


Conclusion


Realism and Artists


Realism and Artworks


Realism and Audiences



Expressionism and Cognitivism: Art Shows Feelings, Communicates Thoughts, and Provides Knowledge


Expressionism and Cognitivism Expressionist and Cognitivist


Theories of Art



Metaphor


Psychoanalytic Theory


Marxist Aesthetics



Critical Commentary on Mitchell's



Thoughts about Her Own Work: Mitchell and Expressionism: Louise Bourgeois, Sculptor Critical Commentary on Bourgeois's



Thoughts about Her Own Work: Bourgeois and Expressionism



Printmaker and Sculptor


Critical Commentary on Smith's Work



Thoughts about Her Own Art: Smith and Cognitivism: Expressionism and Artistic Intent


Limitations of Expressionism and Cognitivism Strengths and Weaknesses of Expressionism and Cognitivism


Conclusion


Expressionism, Cognitivism, and Artists: Expressionism, Cognitivism, and Artworks: Expressionism, Cognitivism, and Audiences



Formalism: Art Is Significant Form


Precursors to FormalismIs Beauty Objective or Subjective?: Early Formalism


Aesthetic Attitude and Aesthetic


Experience: The Sublime



Twentieth-Century Formalism


Early Modern Abstractionists



Malevich



Clement Greenberg



Paintings and Drawings


Critical Commentary on Martin's Work: Martin's


Thoughts about Her Own Work: Joel Shapiro: Sculptures Critical Commentary on Shapiro's Work: Shapiro's


Thoughts about His Own Work: Andy Goldsworthy: Environmental Sculptures Critical Commentary on Goldsworthy's Work: Goldsworthy's


Thoughts about His Own Work:



Formalism Strengths and Weaknesses of Formalism Conclusion


Formalism and Artists


Formalism and Artworks


Formalism and Audiences



Postmodern Pluralism


Art Destabilizes the Good, the True, the Beautiful, and the Self Precursors to Poststructuralism and Postmodernism


Friedrich Nietzsche: Critical Theory, the Frankfurt School, Neo-Marxism: Structuralism


Ferdinand de Saussure: Roland Barthes: Structuralism and Formalism: Poststructuralism



Feminism


Postmodernism



Postcolonialism


Cindy Sherman: Photographs


Critical Commentary on Sherman's Photographs


Sherman's Thoughts about Her Own Work


Cindy Sherman and Postmodern Pluralism


Lorna Simpson: Photographs with Words


Critical Commentary on Simpson's Work: Simpson's Thoughts about Her Own Work: Lorna Simpson and Postmodern Pluralism:



Performances, Videos, and Sculptures


Critical Commentary on McCarthy's Work: McCarthy's Thoughts about His Own Work: McCarthy and Postmodern Pluralism


Strengths and Weaknesses of Postmodernist Pluralism


Conclusion