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001 2011041432
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008 111003s2012 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011041432
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020 $a9781405192408 (hardback)
020 $a1405192402 (hardback)
020 $a9781405192392 (paperback)
020 $a1405192399 (paperback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn757717955
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050 00 $aN7425$b.P74 2012
082 00 $a701$223
084 $aART015000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aPreziosi, Donald,$d1941-
245 10 $aArt is not what you think it is /$cDonald Preziosi and Claire Farago.
260 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aMalden, MA :$bWiley-Blackwell,$c2012.
300 $axvii, 171 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aBlackwell manifestos
520 $a"Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functioned in a variety of contexts Deals with divisive and controversial problems such as blasphemy and idolatry, and the problem of artistic truth Addresses relations between European notions about art and artifice and those developed in other and especially indigenous cultural traditions "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Few phenomena in our lives are as inescapable as what we commonly refer to as art--yet few concepts are more elusive than the idea of art itself. So what does 'art' look like today? And what is its fate? Art Is Not What You Think It Is offers a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art--making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Revealing how conventional thinking about art is largely based on misconceptions about its history, Preziosi and Farago call for a radical rethink of the subject and its relationship to a wide swath of today's world--from religion and philosophy to culture and politics. The authors probe a variety of issues, including the dangers of art and trap of the visual; the frame that blinds us; deconstruction of the agencies of art; the intersections of the local and global; the breach of art and religion, and commodifying artistry. Provocative and groundbreaking, Art is Not What You Think It Is will reshape conventional assumptions about the nature, meaning, and ultimate fate of art in today's world."--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aArt.
700 1 $aFarago, Claire J.
830 0 $aBlackwell manifestos.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9781405192408.jpg