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Meyer Schapiro's critical debates : art through a modern American mind / C. Oliver O'Donnell.

Author/creator O'Donnell, C. Oliver (Charles Oliver), 1983-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019025517
ISBN9780271084640 (cloth)

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