Art history and class struggle /
Language: English Original language: French Publication details: London : Pluto Press, 1978.Description: 206 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:- 0904383326
- 9780904383324
- 090438327X
- 9780904383270
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | N 72 HAD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0004020 |
Translation with revisions of Histoire de l'art et lutte des classes, originally published 1973.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Social classes and the ideological struggle between classes -- First obstacle: art history as a history of artists -- Second obstacle: art history as part of the history of civilisations -- Third obstacle: art history as a history of works of art -- Vulgar Marxism -- An artist's view on his own works -- Style -- Style as visual ideology -- Visual ideology and social classes -- The question of an artist's style -- The relation between the art historian's medium language, and his subject, visual ideology -- Visual ideology and knowledge -- Positive visual ideology -- Critical visual ideology -- Visual ideology and aesthetic effect -- Subject-matter and themes of the science of art history.
Translation and revision of: 'Histoire de l'art et lutte des classes'. Paris : F. Maspero, 1973.