Critical terms for art history. / Robert S. Nelson.

By: Nelson, Robert SContributor(s): Robert S. NelsonMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: : International Book Distributors | : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment Building No. 4405/5,5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi.Publication details: , Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 2003Description: xvi, 519 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: 9780226571683Subject(s): Dictionary | Art Historiography Terminology | Art Histoire Jargon | HistoryDDC classification: 701.1 NEL Summary: Edited by Robert Nelson and Richard Shiff, Critical terms for art history is both an exposition and a demonstration of contested terms from the current art historical vocabulary. In individual essays, scholars examine the history and use of these terms by grounding their discussions in single works of art, reading each work through current debates and methods. This instructive combination of theory and practice allows readers to examine the terms as they are seeing them employed. In its wide representation of contemporary discourse, this book is a comprehensive effort to map historical and theoretical debates over the visual environment.
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Edited by Robert Nelson and Richard Shiff, Critical terms for art history is both an exposition and a demonstration of contested terms from the current art historical vocabulary. In individual essays, scholars examine the history and use of these terms by grounding their discussions in single works of art, reading each work through current debates and methods. This instructive combination of theory and practice allows readers to examine the terms as they are seeing them employed. In its wide representation of contemporary discourse, this book is a comprehensive effort to map historical and theoretical debates over the visual environment.

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