Meyer Schapiro's critical debates : art through a modern American mind / C. Oliver O'Donnell.
| Author/creator |
O'Donnell, C. Oliver (Charles Oliver), 1983- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2019 |
| Description | xii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | 1929, formalism and perception : from Löwy and Fry to Wertheimer and Gombrich -- 1936, reviewing Kunstwissenschaft : foreshadowing the two cultures debate -- 1941, science and the dialectic : Raphael and Dewey, Courbet and Picasso -- 1947, the "aesthetic attitude," Coomaraswamy's metaphysics, and the Westernness of art's history -- 1956, pragmatic psychoanalysis and the confirmation of Woman I -- 1961, debating Berenson with Berlin : two concepts of art-historical liberty -- 1968, Heidegger and Goldstein : Van Gogh's Shoes and the liabilities of Ekphrasis -- 1973, Worlds and pictures : a color field critique of structuralist semiotics. |
| Abstract | "Explores the life, career, and intellectual debates of art historian Meyer Schapiro, who worked at the nexus of artistic and intellectual practice and from there confronted some of the twentieth century's most abiding questions"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-244) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2019025517 |
| ISBN | 9780271084640 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0271084642 (cloth) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | N7483 .S292 O36 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |