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23%OFFDavid Carrier - A World Art History and Its Objects - 9780271034157 - V9780271034157
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A World Art History and Its Objects

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Description for A World Art History and Its Objects Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.

Is writing a world art history possible? Does the history of art as such even exist outside the Western tradition? Is it possible to consider the history of art in a way that is not fundamentally Eurocentric? In this highly readable and provocative book, David Carrier, a philosopher and art historian, does not attempt to write a world art history himself. Rather, he asks the question of how an art history of all cultures could be written—or whether it is even possible to do so. He also engages the political and moral issues raised by the idea of a multicultural ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271034157
SKU
V9780271034157
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About David Carrier
David Carrier is Champney Family Professor at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Art. He is the author of the Penn State titles The Aesthetics of Comics (2000), High Art: Charles Baudelaire and the Origins of Modernist Painting (1996), The Aesthete in the City (1994), Poussin’s Paintings: A Study in Art-Historical Methodology (1993), and Principles of Art ... Read more

Reviews for A World Art History and Its Objects
“Intriguing, provocative, and informative.” —John Onians, University of East Anglia

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