The Methodologies of Art
An Introduction
2nd Edition
Published on 8. December 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-8133-4450-8 (ISBN)
Description
Since the nineteenth century, when art history became an established academic discipline, works of art have been 'read' in a variety of ways. These different ways of describing and interpreting art are the methodologies of artistic analysis, the divining rods of meaning. Regardless of a work's perceived difficulty, an art object is, in theory, complex. Every work of art is an expression of its culture (time and place) and its maker (the artist) and is dependent on its media (what it's made of). The methodologies discussed here (formal analysis, iconology and iconography, Marxism, feminism, biography and autobiography, psychoanalysis, structuralism, race and gender) reflect the multiplicity of meanings in an artistic image. The second edition includes nineteen new images, new sections on race, gender, orientalism, and colonialism, and a new epilogue that analyzes a single painting to illustrate the different methodological viewpoints.
Reviews / Votes
"Right now when art historians, much concerned with theory, are rethinking the political implications of their research, there is no more useful, better-natured introduction to these pressing concerns than Laurie Schneider Adams's now classic volume. Effortlessly erudite, determinedly generous, her book provides a lucid introduction to formalism, iconography, Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis, and structuralism and post-structuralism with new sections on race, gender, orientalism, and colonialism. Her fast-moving, well-balanced commentary provides an ideal introduction to what will, inevitably, be a productive ongoing debate." --David Carrier, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Institute of Art "A teacher's dream...A far-ranging, generously sympathetic, well-illustrated, and very clear survey of contemporary concerns with theory...Adams's clear, accurate introduction will be a godsend." --Art Journal "Good, clear introduction for students who don't know their Derridas from their derrieres." --ARLIS News SheetMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-4450-8 (9780813344508)
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Person
Laurie Schneider Adams
Content
Contents * 1. What Is Art? * 2. Formalism and Style * 3. Iconography * 4. Contextual Approaches I: Marxism, Orientalism, Colonialism, and Racial Iconography * 5. Contextual Approaches II: Feminism and Gender * 6. Biography and Autobiography * 7. Semiotics I: Structuralism and Post-Structuralism * 8. Semiotics II: Deconstruction * 9. Psychoanalysis I: Freud * 10. Psychoanalysis II: Winnicott and Lacan * 11. Aesthetics and Psychoanalysis: Roger Fry and Roland Barthes