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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781384003321

Titolo

Art : key contemporary thinkers / / edited by Diarmuid Costello and Jonathan Vickery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Berg, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

1-283-07978-X

9786613079787

0-85785-176-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

709.04

Soggetti

Art, Modern - 20th century - Philosophy

Art, Modern - 21st century - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; Art Theory and Practice; INTRODUCTION; DANIEL BUREN (1938-); DAN GRAHAM (1942-); MIKE KELLEY (1954-); MARY KELLY (1941-); JOSEPH KOSUTH (1945-); BARBARA KRUGER (1945-); ROBERT MORRIS (1931-); ADRIAN PIPER (1948-); ROBERT SMITHSON (1938-1973); JEFF WALL (1946-); Art Theory and History; INTRODUCTION; NICOLAS BOURRIAUD (1965-); BENJAMIN BUCHLOH (1941-); T. J. CLARK (1943-); THIERRY DE DUVE (1944-); JAMES ELKINS (1955-); HAL FOSTER (1955-); MICHAEL FRIED (1939-); CLEMENT GREENBERG (1909-1994); ROSALIND KRAUSS (1940-); W. J. T. MITCHELL (1942-)

LINDA NOCHLIN (1931-)GRISELDA POLLOCK (1949-); Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics; INTRODUCTION; THEODOR ADORNO (1903-1969); J. M. BERNSTEIN (1947-); NOËL CARROLL (1947-); STANLEY CAVELL (1926-); ARTHUR C. DANTO (1924-); GILLES DELEUZE  (1925-1995); JACQUES DERRIDA (1930-2004); GEORGE DICKIE (1926-); JEAN-FRANÇOIS LYOTARD (1924-1998); MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY (1908-1961); ALBRECHT WELLMER (1933-); RICHARD WOLLHEIM (1923-2003); Theory and Philosophy of Culture; INTRODUCTION; ROLAND BARTHES  (1915-1980); GEORGES BATAILLE (1897-1961); JEAN BAUDRILLARD



(1929-); WALTER BENJAMIN (1892-1940)

PIERRE BOURDIEU (1930-2002)JUDITH BUTLER (1956-); MICHEL FOUCAULT (1926-1984); FREDRIC JAMESON (1934-); MELANIE KLEIN  (1882-1960); JULIA KRISTEVA (1941-); NIKLAS LUHMANN  (1927-1998); GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS; CONTRIBUTORS' BIOGRAPHIES

Sommario/riassunto

The last few decades have witnessed an explosion in ideas and theories on art. Art itself has never been more popular, but much recent thinking remains inaccessible and difficult to use. This book assesses the work of leading thinkers (including artists) who are having a major impact on making, criticizing and interpreting art. Each entry, written by a leading international expert, presents a concise, critical appraisal of a thinker and their contribution to thought about art and its place in the wider cultural context. A guide to the key thinkers who shape today's world of art, this book is a