Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Geczy, Adam.

Description

1. xi, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

1. 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

1. Semiotics and art
2. Art > History

Genre/Form

1. works of art.
2. Art.
3. History.
4. Œuvres d'art.

Contents

1. 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.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.