Description |
ix, 162 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
1. Introduction: art, historiographical practice and the ends of history / David Green and Peter Seddon -- 2. 'Stuck in the post'?: Abstract Expressionism, T. J. Clark and modernist history painting / Jonathan Harris -- 3. From history painting to the history of painting and back again: reflections on the work of Gerhard Richter / David Green -- 4. A death of history or a history of death: visual metaphors of the past within contemporary Mexican art / Oriana Baddeley -- 5. History painting West and East / Brandon Taylor -- 6. From eschatology to ecology: the ends of history and nature / Peter Seddon -- 7. History, allegory, technologies of vision / Joanna Lowry -- 8. Memory's touch: the art of Louise Bourgeois / Jon Bird -- 9. Women, subjects and objects and the end of history (painting) / Katy Deepwell -- 10. History painting: painting and racapitulation / Terry Atkinson |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Painting, European.
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Art and history.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
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History in art.
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Narrative painting -- 20th century.
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Author |
Green, David.
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Seddon, Peter.
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LC no. |
00021950 |
ISBN |
0719051673 cased |
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0719051681 paperback |
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