Download The Invention of Art: A Cultural History PDF EPUB
Author: Larry Shiner
Pages: 352
Size: 3.821,36 Kb
Publication Date: September 1,2001
Category: Art History
With The Invention of Artwork , Larry Shiner challenges our conventional understandings of art and asks us to reconsider its history entirely, arguing that the group of good art is today’s invention—that the lines drawn between art and craft resulted from key social transformations in European countries through the long eighteenth century. .’ This carefully ready and—given the degree and complexity of what he’s talking about—admirably concise, well-structured book may be the result.
“Shiner spent over ten years honing what he phone calls ‘a brief background of the thought of artwork.“—Marc Spiegler, Chicago Tribune Books . .“— Publishers Weekly
“ The Invention of Artwork is enjoyable to learn and a welcome addition to the annals and philosophy of artwork.“—Terrie L. Wilson, Artwork Documentation
“A lucid reserve . Shiner’s textual content is scholarly but available, and really should appeal to visitors with a good dabbler’s interest in artwork theory. . it must be a must-read for anybody mixed up in arts. .