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History painting reassessed : the representation of history in contemporary art / edited by David Green and Peter Seddon.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin\'s Press, 2000.Description: ix, 162 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0719051673
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.04 GRE
Contents:
Introduction : art, historiographical practice and the ends of history / David Green and Peter Seddon -- \'Stuck in the post\'? Abstract expressionism, T.J. Clark and modernist history painting / Jonathan Harris -- From history painting to the history of painting and back again : reflections on the work of Gerhard Richter / David Green -- A death of history or a history of death : visual metaphors of the past within contemporary Mexican art / Oriana Baddeley -- History painting West and East / Brandon Taylor -- From eschatology to ecology : the ends of history and nature / Peter Seddon --History, allegory, technologies of vision / Joanna Lowry -- Memory\'s touch : the art of Louise Bourgeois / Jon Bird -- Women, subjects and objects and the end of history (painting) / Katy Deepwell -- History painting : painting and recapitulation / Terry Atkinson.
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 709.04 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002000384314

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

History painting was once the most prestigious and ambitious genre of art to be found in the salons and academies of Europe. Its dramatic decline in status in the 19th century and virtual disappearance in the 20th century raises the larger issue of whether the idea of history has come to an end. The series of essays in this book reflect on this important question through the analysis of the work of such artists as Jeff Wall, Robert Smithson, Gerhard Richter, and Louise Bourgeois. The authors examine how modern and contemporary artists have continued to engage with questions of history and its representation in a context in which our sense of history is inevitably filtered by the concerns of politics, gender, post-colonialism, and ecology.

Introduction : art, historiographical practice and the ends of history / David Green and Peter Seddon -- \'Stuck in the post\'? Abstract expressionism, T.J. Clark and modernist history painting / Jonathan Harris -- From history painting to the history of painting and back again : reflections on the work of Gerhard Richter / David Green -- A death of history or a history of death : visual metaphors of the past within contemporary Mexican art / Oriana Baddeley -- History painting West and East / Brandon Taylor -- From eschatology to ecology : the ends of history and nature / Peter Seddon --History, allegory, technologies of vision / Joanna Lowry -- Memory\'s touch : the art of Louise Bourgeois / Jon Bird -- Women, subjects and objects and the end of history (painting) / Katy Deepwell -- History painting : painting and recapitulation / Terry Atkinson.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • David Green & Peter Seddon
  • Stuck in the Post?
  • Jonathan Harris
  • From History Painting to the History of Painting and Back Again
  • David Green
  • A Death of History or a History of Death
  • Oriana Baddeley
  • History Painting West and East
  • Brandon Taylor
  • From Eschatology to Ecology
  • Peter Seddon
  • History, Allegory Technologies of Vision
  • Joanna Lowry
  • Memory's Touch
  • Jon Bird
  • Women, Subjects, Objects and the End of History (Painting)
  • Katy Deepwell
  • History Painting
  • Painting and Expressionism
  • Terry Atkinson

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