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Author Pooke, Grant.

Title Art history : the basics / Grant Pooke and Diana Newall
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2008

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Description xxi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Series The basics
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Basics (Routledge (Firm))
Contents Art theories and art histories -- Formalism, modernism and modernity -- A world still to win : Marxism, art and art history -- Semiotics and poststructuralism -- Psychoanalysis, art and the hidden self -- Sex and sexualitites : representations of gender -- Exploring postmodernities -- Globalised proximities and perspectives
Summary "Art History: The Basics is a concise and accessible introduction for the general reader and the undergraduate approaching the history of art for the first time at college or university. It will give you answers to questions like: What is art and art history? What are the main methodologies used to understand art? How have ideas about form, sex and gender shaped representation? What connects art with psychoanalysis, semiotics and Marxism? How are globalization and postmodernism changing art and art history? Each chapter introduces key ideas, issues and debates in art history, including information on relevant websites and image archives. Fully illustrated with an international range of artistic examples, Art History: The Basics also includes helpful subject summaries, further ideas for reading in each chapter, and a useful glossary for easy reference."--Publisher description
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-254) and index
Subject Art -- History and criticism.
Art -- History.
Genre/Form Art.
Author Newall, Diana.
LC no. 2007009493
ISBN 0415309085
0415373085
0415373093
9780415309080
9780415373081
9780415373098
Other Titles Basics