Master Narratives and Their Discontents.Master Narratives And Their Discontents James Elkins James Elkins is an art historian and art critic. He is also professor of art history, theory, and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1989). Education
Routledge 270 Madison Avenue Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of the major U.S. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10016 0415972701 $17.95 www.routledge-ny.com The first volume of the new "Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → " series from Routledge, Master Narratives And Their Discontents by James Elkins (E.C. Chadbourne Chair, Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a fine arts college located in Chicago, Illinois. It is a professional college of the visual and related arts, accredited since 1936 by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and since 1944 (charter member) by the ) offers a thoughtful and thought-provoking engagement with the many versions of art history competing in academia today. Professor Elkins argues that the story of modernism and postmodernism is typically told in one of four narratives with works of art being classified as modern or postmodern, and praised for their technical skills, or because of the politics those works appear to embody. Master Narratives And Their Discontents is a work of impeccable scholarship and especially recommended to the attention of students of Art History and inclusion into Art Department and academic library reference collections. |
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