Master Narratives and their Discontents (Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts)

by James Elkins

Paperback, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

REF.ELJ

Publication

Routledge (2005), Edition: New Ed, Paperback, 200 pages

Description

In this bracing engagement with the many versions of art history, James Elkins argues that the story of modernism and postmodernism is almost always told in terms of four narratives. Works of art are either seen as modern or postmodern, or praised for their technical skill or because of the politics they appear to embody. These are master narratives of contemporary criticism, and each leads to a different understanding of what art is and does. Both a cogent overview of the state of thinking about art and a challenge to think outside the art historical box, Master Narratives and t

Physical description

200 p.; 5.5 x 0.5 inches

Language

ISBN

0415972701 / 9780415972703

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