Art, History and the Senses: 1830 to the Present

by Patrizia Di Bello

Book Overview

Should sight trump the other four senses when experiencing and evaluating art? Art, History and the Senses: 1830 to the Present questions whether the authority of the visual in 'visual culture' should be deconstructed, and focuses on the roles of touch, taste, smell, and sound in the materiality of works of art. From the nineteenth century onward, notions of synaesthesia and the multi-sensorial were important to a series of art movements from Symbolism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754668630
• ISBN13: 9780754668633
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"