Painting as Model

Informationen zum Autor Yve-Alain Bois studied at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes under the guidance of Roland Barthes and Hubert Damisch. A founder of the French journal Macula, Bois is currently a professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ. Klappentext Informed by both structuralism and poststructuralism, these essays by art critic and historian Yve Alain Bois seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse. Warning against the uncritical adoption of theoretical fashions and equally against the a priori rejection of all theory, Bois argues that theory is best employed in response to the specific demands of a critical problem. The essays lucidly demonstrate the uses of various theoretical approaches in conjunction with close reading of both paintings and texts. Zusammenfassung Informed by both structuralism and poststructuralism, these essays by art critic and historian Yve Alain Bois seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse. Warning against the uncritical adoption of theoretical fashions and equally against the a priori rejection of all theory, Bois argues that theory is best employed in response to the specific demands of a critical problem. The essays lucidly demonstrate the uses of various theoretical approaches in conjunction with close reading of both paintings and texts.

Product details

• Authors: Yve-Alain Bois, Yve-Alain (Institute For Advanced Study) Bois, Bois Yve-Alain
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.1993
• EAN: 9780262521802
• ISBN: 978-0-262-52180-2
• No. of pages: 357
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 227 mm x 20 mm
• Series: October Books; Painting as Model; October Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Theory of art, ART / Criticism & Theory, Painting & paintings, Paintings and painting