Fictions of Art History

By: Joanna Scott and Alexander Nemerov and Marianna Torgovnick and Cole Swensen and Marina Warner and Caroline Vout and Michael Hatt and Paul Barolsky and Gloria Kury and Maria H. Loh and Ralph Lieberman and Mark Ledbury and Thomas Crow

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Synopsis: Fictions of Art History, the most recent addition to the Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series, addresses art history's complex relationships with fiction, poetry, and creative writing. Inspired by a 2010 conference, the volume examines art historians' viewing practices and modes of writing. How, the contributors ask, are we to unravel the supposed facts of history from the fictions constructed in works of art? How do art historians employ or resist devices of fiction, and what are the effects of those choices on the reader? In styles by turns witty, elliptical, and plain-speaking, the essays in Fictions of Art History are fascinating and provocative critical interventions in art history.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780300192148
Related ISBNs:: 9780300191929
Publisher:: Yale University Press
Date of Addition:: 04/04/14
Copyrighted By:: Yale University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Education, Language Arts
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