{"product_id":"art-has-no-history-the-making-and-unmasking-of-modern-art-paperback","title":"Art Has No History!: The Making and Unmasking of Modern Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this stimulating collection of essays, John Roberts draws together a wide range of work on some of the most important artists of the post-war period. Written by leading art historians and artist-writers, the essays take a sharply critical look at the construction of modern art history. The artists discussed include Francis Picabia, Robert Smithson, Ad Reinhardt, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, Mary Kelly, Cindy Sherman, Victor Burgin and Laurie Anderson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe extensive influence of post-structuralism on all schools of art history has brought about a widespread derogation of questions around intentionality and social agency. Free-ranging textual interpretation has come to outweigh causal analysis. \u003ci\u003eArt Has No History \u003c\/i\u003e reverses this bias. Putting the artist \u003ci\u003eback\u003c\/i\u003e into art history, the essays reinstate the claims for historical materialism as a theory of the conflictual socialization of individuals. Acknowledging the dissemblances involved in the representations of artistic invention, the book challenges the self-image of traditional art history and the radical New Art History alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his introduction, John Roberts gives a fascinating account of the vicissitudes of Marxist writing on art, from Max Raphael and Arnold Hauser to T.J. Clark and Griselda Pollock. Placing the debates on intention and agency in their wider political context, he refers to what he calls \"the continuing influence of historical materialism on the best Anglophone art writing today.\" \u003ci\u003eArt Has No History \u003c\/i\u003e is a lively and iconoclastic contribution to that tradition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Roberts \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Art and Aesthetics at the University of Wolverhampton. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Interruption: Realism, Photography and the Everyday\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Philistine Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Dave Beech), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophizing the Everyday\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Necessity of Errors\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a contributor to \u003ci\u003eRadical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford Art Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistorical Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThird Text\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCabinet\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9.2 x 6.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457535656189,"sku":"9780860914570","price":41.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/ZHpaejJ3R0xINmZ4Z3BLRTgwT05JZz09.webp?v=1777238110","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/art-has-no-history-the-making-and-unmasking-of-modern-art-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}