Art in Modern Culture
An essential anthology of key texts on the staus of art.
Edited by Francis Frascina and Jonathan Harris
- An essential anthology of key texts reflecting contemporary debates on the status of art and its role in culture and history
- Selected writings span the 20th century, including classics from the 1930s to the 1960s alongside more current works
- Authors include such key critical and creative forces as Berthold Brecht, Clement Greenberg, Noam Chomsky, Edward Said and Richard Shiff
- An Open University set book, co-published with the Open University
Paperback
156 x 234 mm, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in
352 pp
56 black and white illustrations
ISBN 9780714828404
0714828408
The traditional discipline of art history has been expanded and challenged by new insights and alternative perspectives, resulting in a series of wide-ranging debates on the status of art and its role in culture and history. This reader for the Open University's course, 'Modern Art: Practices and Debates', presents a radical selection of key texts reflecting the intense debates on art and its social role influenced by feminism, Marxism, social and literary theory, linguistics and anthropology. This anthology introduces the reader to these debates and covers the whole range of issues which critics and art historians have focused, offering classic texts from the 1930s to the 1960s alongside those of contemporary authors engaged in current debate.
Francis Frascina is John Raven Professor of Visual Arts and Jonathan Harris is Lecturer in History of Art and Critical Theory in the Department of Visual Arts, Keele University.