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Reframing art

Title
Reframing art / Michael Carter and Adam Geczy.
Author
Carter, Michael, 1944-
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Berg, ©2006.

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TextUse in library N61 .C37 2006Off-site

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Additional Authors
Geczy, Adam.
Description
xi, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
Reframing Art explores how the theories of art can be used to open up, structure and enrich our contemporary understanding of art and visual culture. Illustrated with examples from aboriginal, medieval, renaissance, enlightenment and modern art including installation and new media, Reframing Art will be invaluable for students of Art History and Theory and for any reader looking for a clear explanation of ways of seeing and understanding art.
Subject
  • Art > History
  • Art
  • Semiotics and art
  • Art > Histoire
  • Sémiotique et art
  • art history
  • Ästhetik
  • Kunsttheorie
Genre/Form
  • works of art.
  • Art.
  • History.
  • Œuvres d'art.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : art + history -- The necessity for theory -- Producing art and artists -- The work of art -- The work of art as a symbolic object -- The work of art as commodity -- From object to text -- Looking at the work of art -- Mediation, the museum and meaning -- The audiences for art -- Where is it? Art in the digital age.
ISBN
  • 1845204638
  • 9781845204631
  • 1845204646
  • 9781845204648
LCCN
  • 2006462717
  • 9781845204648
  • 9781845204631
OCLC
  • ocm64938116
  • 64938116
  • SCSB-1387241
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library