Believing Is Seeing
Creating the Culture of Art
$43.33
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1995
Summary
Why are the paleolithic Venus of Willendorf, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes, and Marcel Duchamp’s ready-made urinal all considered works of art? Why, strictly speaking, is a Cindy Sherman photograph more “art-like” than a Da Vinci portrait? How did the painters and sculptors of the Renaissance see their creations? And who decides what art is today? In the tradition of Marshall McLuhan and John Berger, this learned and deliciously subversive book gives us a new way of seeing our artist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140168242 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140168249 |
| Author: | Mary Anne Staniszewski |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1995 |
| Weight: | 313g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 147mm x 208mm |
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Mary Anne Staniszewski
Mary Anne Staniszewski studies culture and art in relation to political and social notions. Her books include:
- Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art
- The Power of Display: A History of Exhibition Installations at the Museum of Modern Art
Staniszewski organized a symposium on contemporary slavery at Exit Art in New York. She holds a PhD in Art History from the Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York, and is a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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