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Art History: The Basics

Art History: The Basics

ByDiana Newall, Grant Pooke, Diana Newall
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2007
eBook Published 10 March 2008
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203098806
Pages 288 pages
eBook ISBN 9781134191499
SubjectsArts
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Newall, D., Pooke, G., Newall, D. (2008). Art History: The Basics. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203098806
ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|32 pages
Art theories and art histories
View abstract
chapter 2|26 pages
Formalism, Modernism and modernity
View abstract
chapter 3|31 pages
A world still to win: Marxism, art and art history
View abstract
chapter 4|25 pages
Semiotics and poststructuralism
View abstract
chapter 5|21 pages
Psychoanalysis, art and the hidden self
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Sex and sexualities: representations of gender
View abstract
chapter 7|28 pages
Exploring postmodernities
View abstract
chapter 8|21 pages
Globalised proximities and perspectives
View abstract

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|32 pages
Art theories and art histories
View abstract
chapter 2|26 pages
Formalism, Modernism and modernity
View abstract
chapter 3|31 pages
A world still to win: Marxism, art and art history
View abstract
chapter 4|25 pages
Semiotics and poststructuralism
View abstract
chapter 5|21 pages
Psychoanalysis, art and the hidden self
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Sex and sexualities: representations of gender
View abstract
chapter 7|28 pages
Exploring postmodernities
View abstract
chapter 8|21 pages
Globalised proximities and perspectives
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|32 pages
Art theories and art histories
View abstract
chapter 2|26 pages
Formalism, Modernism and modernity
View abstract
chapter 3|31 pages
A world still to win: Marxism, art and art history
View abstract
chapter 4|25 pages
Semiotics and poststructuralism
View abstract
chapter 5|21 pages
Psychoanalysis, art and the hidden self
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Sex and sexualities: representations of gender
View abstract
chapter 7|28 pages
Exploring postmodernities
View abstract
chapter 8|21 pages
Globalised proximities and perspectives
View abstract

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|32 pages
Art theories and art histories
View abstract
chapter 2|26 pages
Formalism, Modernism and modernity
View abstract
chapter 3|31 pages
A world still to win: Marxism, art and art history
View abstract
chapter 4|25 pages
Semiotics and poststructuralism
View abstract
chapter 5|21 pages
Psychoanalysis, art and the hidden self
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Sex and sexualities: representations of gender
View abstract
chapter 7|28 pages
Exploring postmodernities
View abstract
chapter 8|21 pages
Globalised proximities and perspectives
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|32 pages
Art theories and art histories
View abstract
chapter 2|26 pages
Formalism, Modernism and modernity
View abstract
chapter 3|31 pages
A world still to win: Marxism, art and art history
View abstract
chapter 4|25 pages
Semiotics and poststructuralism
View abstract
chapter 5|21 pages
Psychoanalysis, art and the hidden self
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Sex and sexualities: representations of gender
View abstract
chapter 7|28 pages
Exploring postmodernities
View abstract
chapter 8|21 pages
Globalised proximities and perspectives
View abstract

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|32 pages
Art theories and art histories
View abstract
chapter 2|26 pages
Formalism, Modernism and modernity
View abstract
chapter 3|31 pages
A world still to win: Marxism, art and art history
View abstract
chapter 4|25 pages
Semiotics and poststructuralism
View abstract
chapter 5|21 pages
Psychoanalysis, art and the hidden self
View abstract
chapter 6|28 pages
Sex and sexualities: representations of gender
View abstract
chapter 7|28 pages
Exploring postmodernities
View abstract
chapter 8|21 pages
Globalised proximities and perspectives
View abstract
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