6%OFF
Compelling Visuality: The Work Of Art In And Out Of History
Claire Farago
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Compelling Visuality: The Work Of Art In And Out Of History
Paperback. Editor(s): Farago, Claire; Zwijnenberg, Robert P. Num Pages: 280 pages, 32 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Explores what we actually see, touch, and experience when looking at art
Typically, art history is an enterprise of recovery—of searching out the provenance, the original intentions, the physical setting, and historical conditions behind a work of art. The essays in Compelling Visuality address some of the other questions that are less frequently asked—and, in doing so, show how much is to be learned and gained by going beyond the traditional approaches of art history.
In particular, the contributors take up the commonly unexplored question of what is actually present in a work of art—what we see, touch, and experience when ... Read more Contributors: F. R. Ankersmit, U of Groningen; Mieke Bal, U of Amsterdam and Cornell U; Oskar Bätschmann, U of Bern; Georges Didi-Huberman, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris; Michael Ann Holly, Clark Art Institute; Donald Preziosi, UCLA and Oxford U; Renée van de Vall, U of Maastricht. Show LessProduct Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
356g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816641161
SKU
V9780816641161
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Claire Farago
Robert Zwijnenberg is professor of art history in relation to the development of science and technology at the University of Maastricht.
Reviews for Compelling Visuality: The Work Of Art In And Out Of History