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Art history revisionism
In my previous post I argued for a revisionist approach to art history, favoring discarded art historical movements related to the grotesque and the fantastic. I called for a start of art history with the work of Bosch rather than Da ...
‘Who Owns Antiquity?’
... that the movement is based on a false reading of history, and, if allowed to progress, could do serious damage to the world’s cultural inheritance. “What’s at stake,” says James Cuno, the director of the Art Institute of Chicago, ...
Off-Topic: Amazing Art History of women
I found this quite interesting http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/mtvideobox.php?video_id=78.
Introducing Paul Rumsey
Rumsey’s work calls for a revisionist approach to art history. An art history which starts with Bosch rather than Da Vinci (born just two years later), with Odilon Redon rather than Monet (born in the same year) and which prefers Kubin ...
Department announces 2008 Open Studio Tours
The Department of Art & Art History invites the public to take a peek inside the walls of the Kresge Art Center as undergraduate and graduate students open the studio doors to share and discuss their artwork on Thursday, ...
Faculty member exhibits at Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago
Department of Art & Art History faculty member Ben Duke exhibits in Chicago at the Ann Nathan Gallery. The exhibition features current figure paintings by Duke and Sangram Majumdar. On view from February 15 through the end of March, ...
art history
3rd part of test one.
Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art
The skateboard deck as art is nothing new, but artist Sean Cliver’s Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art, a monster compendium of over 1000 deck designs featuring dozens of industry pioneers, is a different kind of retrospective. ...
A History of Western Art: From Prehistory to the Twentieth Century
When I first opened “A History of Western Art” by Antony Mason, I was amazed at the excellent picture quality and the wide scope of artists and art movements that are covered. Each two-page spread displays a different subject, ...
Feeling for life : cultural identity, community and the arts / by ...
Language:, English. Published/Distributed:, Chicago : Urban Traditions, 1988. Subject(s):, Ethnic arts - Illinois. Folk art - Illinois - History - 20th century. Location:, YRL: NX510 .I3 M35x 1988.