Art History, Aesthetics, Visual Studies

by Erica P.F. Brealey, Michael Ann Holly, Keith Moxey

Art history, aesthetics, and visual studies today find themselves in contested new philosophical and institutional circumstances. This fascinating and challenging volume explores the connections and differences among these three methods of investigating visual representation.

What are the dominant aesthetic assumptions underlying art historical inquiry? How have these assumptions been challenged by visual studies? Are questions of quality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300097891
• ISBN13: 9780300097894
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Clark Art Institute
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"