Research Catalog

Title

Art is not what you think it is / Donald Preziosi and Claire Farago.

Author

Preziosi, Donald, 1941-

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Supplementary Content

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Additional Authors

Farago, Claire J.

Description

xvii, 171 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

• "Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functioned in a variety of contexts Deals with divisive and controversial problems such as blasphemy and idolatry, and the problem of artistic truth Addresses relations between European notions about art and artifice and those developed in other and especially indigenous cultural traditions "--
• "Few phenomena in our lives are as inescapable as what we commonly refer to as art--yet few concepts are more elusive than the idea of art itself. So what does 'art' look like today? And what is its fate? Art Is Not What You Think It Is offers a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art--making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Revealing how conventional thinking about art is largely based on misconceptions about its history, Preziosi and Farago call for a radical rethink of the subject and its relationship to a wide swath of today's world--from religion and philosophy to culture and politics. The authors probe a variety of issues, including the dangers of art and trap of the visual; the frame that blinds us; deconstruction of the agencies of art; the intersections of the local and global; the breach of art and religion, and commodifying artistry. Provocative and groundbreaking, Art is Not What You Think It Is will reshape conventional assumptions about the nature, meaning, and ultimate fate of art in today's world."--

Series Statement

Blackwell manifestos

Uniform Title

Blackwell manifestos.

Subject

Art

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Art and/as Manifesto -- First Incursion: Artistry and Authorship -- Second Incursion: The Dangers of Art and the Trap of the Visual -- Third Incursion: To See the Frame that Blinds Us -- Fourth Incursion: Deconstructing the Agencies of Art -- Fifth Incursion: Intersections of the Local and the Global -- Sixth Incursion: Into the Breach of Art and Religion -- Seventh Incursion: The Art of Commodifying Artistry.

Call Number

JQF 15-289

ISBN

• 9781405192408 (hardback)
• 1405192402 (hardback)
• 9781405192392 (paperback)
• 1405192399 (paperback)

LCCN

2011041432

OCLC

757717955

Author

Preziosi, Donald, 1941-

Title

Art is not what you think it is / Donald Preziosi and Claire Farago.

Imprint

Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Blackwell manifestos

Blackwell manifestos.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover image

Added Author

Farago, Claire J.

Research Call Number

JQF 15-289