The Methodologies of Art: An Introduction

Author:   Laurie Schneider Adams
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
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Pages:   312
Publication Date:   08 December 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Since the nineteenth century, when art history became an established academic discipline, works of art have been 'read' in a variety of ways. These different ways of describing and interpreting art are the methodologies of artistic analysis, the divining rods of meaning. Regardless of a work's perceived difficulty, an art object is, in theory, complex. Every work of art is an expression of its culture (time and place) and its maker (the artist) and is dependent on its media (what it's made of). The methodologies discussed here (formal analysis, iconology and iconography, Marxism, feminism, biography and autobiography, psychoanalysis, structuralism, race and gender) reflect the multiplicity of meanings in an artistic image. The second edition includes nineteen new images, new sections on race, gender, orientalism, and colonialism, and a new epilogue that analyzes a single painting to illustrate the different methodological viewpoints.

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Author:   Laurie Schneider Adams
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Westview Press Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9780813344508


ISBN 10:   0813344506
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   08 December 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Right now when art historians, much concerned with theory, are rethinking the political implications of their research, there is no more useful, better-natured introduction to these pressing concerns than Laurie Schneider Adams's now classic volume. Effortlessly erudite, determinedly generous, her book provides a lucid introduction to formalism, iconography, Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis, and structuralism and post-structuralism with new sections on race, gender, orientalism, and colonialism. Her fast-moving, well-balanced commentary provides an ideal introduction to what will, inevitably, be a productive ongoing debate. <br> --David Carrier, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Institute of Art <br> A teacher's dream. ... A far-ranging, generously sympathetic, well-illustrated, and very clear survey of contemporary concerns with theory. ... Adams's clear, accurate introduction will be a godsend. <br> -- Art Journal <br> Good, clear introduction for students who don


Right now when art historians, much concerned with theory, are rethinking the political implications of their research, there is no more useful, better-natured introduction to these pressing concerns than Laurie Schneider Adams s now classic volume. Effortlessly erudite, determinedly generous, her book provides a lucid introduction to formalism, iconography, Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis, and structuralism and post-structuralism with new sections on race, gender, orientalism, and colonialism. Her fast-moving, well-balanced commentary provides an ideal introduction to what will, inevitably, be a productive ongoing debate. David Carrier, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Institute of Art A teacher s dreamA far-ranging, generously sympathetic, well-illustrated, and very clear survey of contemporary concerns with theoryAdams s clear, accurate introduction will be a godsend. Art Journal Good, clear introduction for students who don t know their Derridas from their derrieres. ARLIS News Sheet


Right now when art historians, much concerned with theory, are rethinking the political implications of their research, there is no more useful, better-natured introduction to these pressing concerns than Laurie Schneider Adams's now classic volume. Effortlessly erudite, determinedly generous, her book provides a lucid introduction to formalism, iconography, Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis, and structuralism and post-structuralism with new sections on race, gender, orientalism, and colonialism. Her fast-moving, well-balanced commentary provides an ideal introduction to what will, inevitably, be a productive ongoing debate. <br> --David Carrier, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Institute of Art<br><br> A teacher's dream. ... A far-ranging, generously sympathetic, well-illustrated, and very clear survey of contemporary concerns with theory. ... Adams's clear, accurate introduction will be a godsend. <br> -- Art Journal <br> <br> Good, clear introduction for students who don't know their Derridas from their derrieres. <br> --ARLIS News Sheet<br><br> Because works of art can be interpreted in a variety of ways, this book surveys 'methodologies, ' diverse approaches to artistic analysis used by art historians, philosophers, and critics.... A good choice for introductory college art history courses. <br> -- Library Journal<br>


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