The great poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was also an
extremely influential art critic. High Art relates the
philosophical issues posed by Baudelaire's art writing to the
theory and practice of modernist and postmodernist painting.
Baudelaire wrote in an age of transition, David Carrier argues, an
era divided by the Revolution of 1848, the historical break that
played for him a role now taken within modernism by the political
revolts of 1968. Moving from the grand tradition of Delacroix to
the images of modern life made by Constantin Guys, this movement
from "high" to "low," from the unified world of correspondences to
the fragmented images of contemporary city life, motivates
Baudelaire's equivalent to the post-1968 turn away from formalist
art criticism. Viewed from the perspective of the 1990s, Carrier
argues, the issues raised by Baudelaire's criticism and creative
writing provide a way of understanding the situation of art writing
in our own time.
General
Imprint: |
Pennsylvania State University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 1996 |
First published: |
May 1996 |
Authors: |
David Carrier
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
244 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-271-01527-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-271-01527-6 |
Barcode: |
9780271015279 |
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