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Marxism and the History of Art
Andrew Hemingway
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Description for Marxism and the History of Art
Paperback. The first comprehensive introduction to Marxist approaches to art history. 'The best in the field.' Esther Leslie Editor(s): Hemingway, Andrew. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: ABC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
This book is the first comprehensive introduction to Marxist approaches to art history. Although the aesthetic was a crucial part of Marx and Engels’s thought, they left no full statement on the arts. Although there is an abundant scholarship on Marxist approaches to literature, the historiography of the visual arts has been largely neglected.
This book encompasses a range of influential thinkers and historians including William Morris, Mikhail Lifshits, Frederick Antal, Francis Klingender, Max Raphael, Meyer Schapiro, Walter Benjamin, Henri Lefebvre and Arnold Hauser. It also addresses the heritage of the New Left. In the spirit ... Read more
This book is the first comprehensive introduction to Marxist approaches to art history. Although the aesthetic was a crucial part of Marx and Engels’s thought, they left no full statement on the arts. Although there is an abundant scholarship on Marxist approaches to literature, the historiography of the visual arts has been largely neglected.
This book encompasses a range of influential thinkers and historians including William Morris, Mikhail Lifshits, Frederick Antal, Francis Klingender, Max Raphael, Meyer Schapiro, Walter Benjamin, Henri Lefebvre and Arnold Hauser. It also addresses the heritage of the New Left. In the spirit ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Marxism and Culture
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745323299
SKU
V9780745323299
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About Andrew Hemingway
Andrew Hemingway is Professor of History of Art at University College London. He is the editor of Marxism and the History of Art (Pluto, 2006) and author of Artists on the Left: American Artists and the Communist Movement, 1926-56 (2002).
Reviews for Marxism and the History of Art
'No other book has ever attempted this ambitious project with such care and intelligence'
Professor Barbara McCloskey, University of Pittsburgh
Professor Barbara McCloskey, University of Pittsburgh