Overview

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to Marxist approaches to art history. Although the aesthetic was a crucial part of Marx and Engels’s thought, they left no full statement on the arts. Although there is an abundant scholarship on Marxist approaches to literature, the historiography of the visual arts has been largely neglected. This book encompasses a range of influential thinkers and historians including William Morris, Mikhail Lifshits, Frederick Antal, Francis Klingender, Max Raphael, Meyer Schapiro, Walter Benjamin, Henri Lefebvre and Arnold Hauser. It also addresses the heritage of the New Left. In the spirit of Marxism, the authors interpret the achievements and limitations of Marxist art history in relation to the historical and political circumstances of its production, providing an indispensable introduction to contemporary radical practices in the field.

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Author:   Andrew Hemingway
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.586kg
ISBN:  

9780745323305

ISBN 10:   0745323308
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 July 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Introduction: Marxism and Art History after the New Left by Andrew Hemingway 2. William Morris: Decoration and Materialism by Caroline Arscott 3. Mikhail Lifshits: A Marxist Conservative by Stanley Mitchell 4. Frederick Antal by Paul Stirton 5. Art as Social Consciousness: Francis Klingender and British Art by David Bindman 6. Max Raphael: Aesthetics and Politics by Stanley Mitchell 7. Walter Benjamin’s Essay on Eduard Fuchs: An Art-Historical Perspective by Frederic J. Schwartz 8. Meyer Schapiro: Marxism, Science and Art by Andrew Hemingway 9. Henri Lefebvre and the Moment of the Aesthetic by Marc Léger 10. Arnold Hauser, Adorno, Lukács and the Ideal Spectator by John Roberts 11. New Left Art History and Fascism in Germany by Jutta Held 12. The Turn from Marx to Warburg in West German Art History, 1968-90 by Otto Karl Werckmeister Index

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[This] could be a defining text. -- Professor Paul Jaskot, De Paul University Chicago No other book has ever attempted this ambitious project with such care and intelligence. ... Important, timely, and provocative. -- Professor Barbara McCloskey, University of Pittsburgh

'There is no other book that has ever attempted this ambitious project with such care and intelligence.... This is important, timely, and provocative.' Professor Barbara McCloskey, University of Pittsburgh '[This book] could be a defining text at what can only be described as a moment of world historical transformation.' Professor Paul Jaskot, De Paul University Chicago 'The best in the field of materialist art history.' Esther Leslie

Author Information

Andrew Hemingway is Professor of History of Art at University College London. He is the editor of Marxism and the History of Art (Pluto, 2006) and author of Artists on the Left: American Artists and the Communist Movement, 1926-56 (2002).

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