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The Practice of Persuasion
Keith P. F. Moxey
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Description for The Practice of Persuasion
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
This sequel to The Practice of Theory stresses the continued need for self-reflective awareness in art historical writing. Offering a series of meditations on the discipline of art history in the context of contemporary critical theory, Moxey addresses such central issues as the status of the canon, the nature of aesthetic value, and the character of historical knowledge. The chapters are linked by a common interest in, even fascination with, the paradoxical power of narrative and the identity of the authorial voice. Moxey maintains that art history is a rhetoric of persuasion rather than a discourse of truth. Each chapter ... Read more
This sequel to The Practice of Theory stresses the continued need for self-reflective awareness in art historical writing. Offering a series of meditations on the discipline of art history in the context of contemporary critical theory, Moxey addresses such central issues as the status of the canon, the nature of aesthetic value, and the character of historical knowledge. The chapters are linked by a common interest in, even fascination with, the paradoxical power of narrative and the identity of the authorial voice. Moxey maintains that art history is a rhetoric of persuasion rather than a discourse of truth. Each chapter ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801486753
SKU
V9780801486753
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About Keith P. F. Moxey
Keith Moxey is Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Art History at Barnard College and Columbia University. He is the author of The Practice of Theory: Poststructuralism, Cultural Politics, and Art History, also from Cornell, and Peasants, Warriors, and Wives: Popular Imagery in the Reformation. Keith Moxey is Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Art History at Barnard College and Columbia University. ... Read more
Reviews for The Practice of Persuasion
This important book consists of philosophical essays on the crucial relation between contemporary theory and the discipline of art history.
Walter S. Melion, Johns Hopkins University
Renaissance Quarterly
The Practice of Persuasion provides a great opening for debate, a starting point for the discussion of issues where the argumentation is in flux. Anyone wanting to ... Read more
Walter S. Melion, Johns Hopkins University
Renaissance Quarterly
The Practice of Persuasion provides a great opening for debate, a starting point for the discussion of issues where the argumentation is in flux. Anyone wanting to ... Read more