Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice: A Treatise, Critique, and Call to Action

by J.F. Martel

Part treatise, part critique, part call to action, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice is a journey into the uncanny realities revealed to us in the great works of art of the past and present.

Received opinion holds that art is culturally-determined and relative. We are told that whether a picture, a movement, a text, or sound qualifies as a work of art largely depends on social attitudes and convention. Drawing on examples ranging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583945784
• ISBN13: 9781583945780
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.9"