The fifth and final volume in the Essays by Leo Steinberg series,
focusing on modern artists. Leo Steinberg was one of the most
original art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking
interpretive risks that challenged the profession by overturning
reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures ranging from old masters
to modern art, he combined scholarly erudition with eloquent prose
that illuminated his subject and a credo that privileged the visual
evidence of the image over the literature written about it. His
writings, sometimes provocative and controversial, remain vital and
influential reading. Steinberg’s perceptions evolved from long, hard
looking at his objects of study. Almost everything he wrote included
passages of formal analysis that were always put into the service of
interpretation. Following the series publication on Pablo Picasso,
this volume focuses on other modern artists, including Cézanne,
Monet, Matisse, Max Ernst, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy
Lichtenstein, Hans Haacke, and Jeff Koons. Included are seven
unpublished lectures and essays, Steinberg’s landmark essay
“Encounters with Rauschenberg,” a survey of twentieth-century
sculpture, and an examination of the role of authorial predilections
in critical writing. The final chapter presents a collection of
Steinberg’s humorous pieces, witty forays penned for his own
amusement. Modern Art is the fifth and final volume in a series
that presents Steinberg’s writings, selected and edited by his
longtime associate Sheila Schwartz.
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ISBN
9780226824932
Publisert
2023
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University of Chicago Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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