Thinking with Things: Toward a New Vision of Art

by Esther Pasztory

Book Overview

What is "art"? Why have human societies through all time and around the globe created those objects we call works of art? Is there any way of defining art that can encompass everything from Paleolithic objects to the virtual images created by the latest computer technology? Questions such as these have preoccupied Esther Pasztory since the beginning of her scholarly career. In this authoritative volume, she distills four decades of research and reflection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029270691X
• ISBN13: 9780292706910
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.0"