Psychologizing of Modernity - Art, Architecture and History

Klappentext An examination of the impact of psychology on twentieth-century aesthetics. Zusammenfassung In The Psychologizing of Modernity! Mark Jarzombek examines the impact of psychology on twentieth-century aesthetics. Analysing the interface between psychology! art history and avant-gardist practices! he also reflects on the longevity of the myth of aesthetic individuality as it infiltrated not only avant-garde art! but also history writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; A prolegomenon to critical historiography; Introduction: art psychology, the elusive discipline; 1. The psychologizing of modernity: initial soundings; 2. The body ethos; 3. The vitalist ethos; 4. The social ethos; 5. The literary ethos; 6. Theory activism; Conclusion: the disciplinary dialectics of art and architecture's intellectual history; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Jarzombek, Mark (Massachusetts Institute of Techno Jarzombek, Jarzombek Mark
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521147637
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14763-7
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Theory of art, ART / Criticism & Theory