Studies the work of the most original and influential present-day art critic, tracing her development from her formalist writings in the 1960s through the post-structuralism of the current academic climate. Rosalind Krauss is, without visible rival, the most influential American art writer since Clement Greenberg. Together with her colleagues at October, the journal she co-foun...(展开全部)

With contributions by David Bleich, Jonathan Culler, Stanley Fish, Walker Gibson, Norman N. Holland, Wolfgang Iser, Walter Benn Michaels, Georges Poulet, Gerald Prince, and Michael Riffaterre.

The Books That Shaped Art History reassesses the impact of some of the most important texts of art history published during the twentieth century. Each of the sixteen incisive chapters focuses on a single title and is written by a leading art historian, curator or one of the promising scholars of today's generation. In bringing these cross-generational contributions together, t...(展开全部)

The Books That Shaped Art History reassesses the impact of some of the most important texts of art history published during the twentieth century. Each of the sixteen incisive chapters focuses on a single title and is written by a leading art historian, curator or one of the promising scholars of today's generation. In bringing these cross-generational contributions together, t...(展开全部)

In Formalism and Pragmatism in American Law Thomas Grey gives a full account of each of these modes of legal thought, with particular attention to the versions of them promulgated by their influential exponents Christopher Columbus Langdell and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Grey argues that legal pragmatism as understood by Holmes is the best jurisprudential framework for a modern...(展开全部)

Marxist criticism in the 1930s -- The "new criticism" -- The Chicago school -- The New York intellectuals -- Myth criticism -- Phenomenological and existential criticism -- Hermeneutics -- Reader-response criticism -- Literary structuralism and semiotics -- Deconstructive criticism -- Feminist criticism -- Black aesthetics -- Leftist criticism from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Marxist criticism in the 1930s -- The "new criticism" -- The Chicago school -- The New York intellectuals -- Myth criticism -- Phenomenological and existential criticism -- Hermeneutics -- Reader-response criticism -- Literary structuralism and semiotics -- Deconstructive criticism -- Feminist criticism -- Black aesthetics -- Leftist criticism from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Understand the Complexities of Art Criticism in a Straightforward and Readable Manner An Introduction to Art Criticism offers a thorough overview of art criticism as it has been practiced since the 1700s. The text is built around excerpts from the work of hundreds of historical and contemporary critics, including a substantial history of art criticism and chapters on the fundam...(展开全部)

It has recently become apparent that criticism has fallen on hard times. Either commodification is deemed to have killed it off, or it has become institutionally routine. This book explores contemporary approaches which have sought to renew criticism's energies in the wake of a 'theatrical turn' in recent visual arts practice, and the emergence of a 'performative' arts writing ...(展开全部)

It has recently become apparent that criticism has fallen on hard times. Either commodification is deemed to have killed it off, or it has become institutionally routine. This book explores contemporary approaches which have sought to renew criticisma s energies in the wake of a a theatrical turna in recent visual arts practice, and the emergence of a a performativea arts wri...(展开全部)