| Doubt Contributor(s): Shiff, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415973090 ISBN-13: 9780415973090 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: In an age where art history??'s questions are now expected to receive answers, Richard Shiff presents a challenging alternative. In this essential new addition to James Elkins??'s series Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts, Richard Shiff embraces doubt as a critical tool and asks how particular histories of art have come to be. Shiff??'s turn to doubt is not a retreat to relativism, but rather an insistence on clear thinking about art. In particular, Shiff takes issue with the style of self-referential art writing seemingly 'licensed' by Roland Barthes. With an introduction by Rosie Bennett, Doubt is a study of the tension between practicing art and practicing criticism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Dewey: 709.04 |
| LCCN: 2007017640 |
| Series: Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.27" W x 8.25" (0.55 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In an age where art history's questions are now expected to receive answers, Richard Shiff presents a challenging alternative. In this essential new addition to James Elkins's series Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts, Richard Shiff embraces doubt as a critical tool and asks how particular histories of art have come to be. Shiff's turn to doubt is not a retreat to relativism, but rather an insistence on clear thinking about art. In particular, Shiff takes issue with the style of self-referential art writing seemingly 'licensed' by Roland Barthes. With an introduction by Rosie Bennett, Doubt is a study of the tension between practicing art and practicing criticism. |