LEADER 02950nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910456708203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-74742-8 010 $a9786612747427 010 $a1-59403-302-1 035 $a(CKB)2520000000009128 035 $a(EBL)485416 035 $a(OCoLC)798534334 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474935 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11315637 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474935 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10462818 035 $a(PQKB)10244035 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC485416 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL485416 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364660 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000009128 100 $a20050608d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rape of the masters$b[electronic resource] $ehow political correctness sabotages art /$fRoger Kimball 210 $aSan Francisco, CA $cEncounter ;$aLancaster $cGazelle Drake Academic [distributor]$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (166 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59403-121-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Dedication; A Note on Sources; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Psychoanalyzing Courbet; A straightforward realist?; "Presentness" on parade; Structurally feminine art?; The triumph of the imaginary; Chapter 2 - Inventing Mark Rothko; Was Rothko a realist?; Rothko and "the human drama"; The structure of a pieta??; Chapter 3 - Fantasizing Sargent; Inflections, nuance, possibility; Today's "interpretive horizon"; A campaign for decivilization; Beyond the bounds of credibility; Chapter 4 - Inebriating Rubens; "The Apelles of our age"; Rubens as Silenus? 327 $aChapter 5 - Modernizing Winslow HomerThe quintessential Yankee; Sharks and other "outside matters"; Homer and the race card; Chapter 6 - Fetishizing Gauguin; The artificial savage; Dreaming before nature; Avant-garde fetishization; Chapter 7 - Deconcealing van Gogh; Was van Gogh a metaphysician?; Verbal vertigo; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index; Copyright Page 330 $a""The Rape of the Masters"" exposes the charlatanry that fuels much academic art history and leaks into the art world generally, affecting galleries, museums and catalogues. It also provides an engaging antidote to the tendentious, politically motivated assaults on our treasured sources of culture and civilization. 606 $aPolitics in art 606 $aPolitical correctness 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitics in art. 615 0$aPolitical correctness. 676 $a700.103 700 $aKimball$b Roger$f1953-$0905607 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456708203321 996 $aThe rape of the masters$92025733 997 $aUNINA