Art and Discontent Theory at the Millennium

Name: Art and Discontent Theory at the Millennium
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ISBN: 9780929701318

ISBN-10: 0929701313

ISBN-13: 9780929701318

Edition: 1993

Authors: Thomas McEvilley

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In these six essays, Thomas McEvilley tackles the aesthetics of formalism and proceeds to shed new light on the roots of Modernism and the collapse of the idea of history. The world-renowned critic confronts the ideas and philosophies which for two centuries have exalted art above constructive involvement in the world, and proposes a new vision for the critical enterprise. By explaining why our Modernism was not unique and why it is being superseded, McEvilley suggests functions that art performs in a post-Modern culture and offers compelling reasons why the history of art needs to be rewritten from an altered perspective. McEvilley argues, for example, against the dominant theoretical…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: McPherson & Company
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 186
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English