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This book examines the historical role of the artist and considers the contemporary function of the artist as prophetic critic and visionary.
List of contents
Part I. Preliminary Issues: 1. Introduction; 2. A proposition; 3. Vocation; 4. The efficacy of art; Part II. Roles of the Artist: 5. Premodern theocentric mimetic craftsperson; 6. Modern anthropocentric original inventor; 7. Avant-garde prophet; 8. Postmodern parodic ex-centric bricoleur; Part III. The Reclamation of the Future: 9. Prophetic criticism; 10. Visionary imagination; 11. Creativity, utopia, and hope; 12. A final image.
About the author
Deborah J. Haynes is Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is both a writer and artist. Haynes has published several other books: Bakhtin and the Visual Arts (1995), The Vocation of the Artist (1997), Art Lessons (2003), Book of This Place: The Land, Art & Spirituality (Pickwick Publications, 2009). Bakhtin Reframed is forthcoming.
Summary
The Vocation of the Artist examines the historical role of the artist and presents a particular perspective on the contemporary function of the artist as prophetic critic and visionary. Haynes examines the role of the artist in 'primitive' societies in an effort to understand the current role of the artist.
