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Creator:
Shiner, L. E. (Larry E.), 1934–
Title(s):
The invention of art : a cultural history / Larry Shiner.
Published/Created:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Physical Description:
xix, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
NX440 S5 2001 (LC)
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
Note: Please contact the Reference Library to schedule an appointment [Email ycba.reference@yale.edu]

Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-341) and index.
Subject Terms:
Arts -- History.
Arts -- Philosophy.
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  • The Greeks had no word for it
  • Aquinas's saw
  • Michelangelo and Shakespeare: art on the rise
  • Artemisia's allegory: art in transition
  • Polite arts for the polite classes
  • The artist, the work, and the market
  • From taste to the aesthetic
  • Hogarth, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft
  • Revolution: music, festival, museum
  • Art as redemptive revelation
  • The artist: a sacred calling
  • Silences: triumph of the aesthetic
  • Assimilation and resistance
  • Modernism, anti-art, and the Bauhaus
  • Beyond art and craft?.