02337oam 22004212 450 991079367510332120230817180419.090-04-40053-210.1163/9789004400535(CKB)4100000008398805(MiAaPQ)EBC5842348(nllekb)BRILL9789004400535(EXLCZ)99410000000839880520190326d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe place of the viewer the embodied beholder in the history of art, 1764-1968 /by Kerr HoustonLeiden ;Boston :Brill,2019.1 online resource (282 pages)90-04-40023-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Introduction -- The Communicative Viewpoint: Photography, Frontality, and Multiplicity in the 1800s -- The Beholder in Motion: Kinetic Viewership -- The Body Physical, the Body Politic: Incorporated Viewership in the 1960s -- Art History and the Place of the Viewer since 1968 -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.In recent decades, art historians and critics have occasionally emphasized a dynamic, embodied mode of looking, accenting the role of the viewer and the complex interplay between beholders and works of art. In The Place of the Viewer , Kerr Houston shows that an attention to the position and physical experiences of beholders has in fact long informed art historical analyses – and that close study of the theme can lead to a fuller understanding of the discipline, the act of viewership and individual works of art. Simultaneously attentive to historical ideas and contemporary scholarship, this book identifies a vein of thought that has been generally overlooked, and proposes new ways of seeing familiar works and traditions.ArtPsychologyArt criticismHistoryArtPsychology.Art criticismHistory.701.15Houston Kerr1576729NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910793675103321The place of the viewer3854699UNINA