Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art

Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art

Why are the paleolithic Venus of Willendorf, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, and Marcel Duchamp's ready-made urinal all considered works of art? Why, strictly speaking, is a Cindy Sherman photograph more "art-like" than a Da Vinci portrait? How did the painters and sculptors of the Renaissance see their creations? And who decides what art is today? In the tradition of Marshall McLuhan and John Berger, this learned and deliciously subversive book gives us a new way of seeing our artistic heritage. Believing Is Seeing is a work of multicultural scope and glittering intelligence that bridges the gulf between classical Japanese painting and the films of Spike Lee, between high theory and pop culture. Probing beyond the rhetorical surface of standard art histories and drawing on a panoramic array of illustrative material, Mary Anne Staniszewski throws a fresh light on individual works and the often mystifying criteria by which they are valued.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Books
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber b&w illustrations, bibliography
Color White
ReleaseDate 1995-01-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140168242

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin Books
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	b&w illustrations, bibliography
Color	White
ReleaseDate	1995-01-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780140168242

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