Marxism and the History of Art
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Marxism and the History of Art

From William Morris to the New Left

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Marxism and the History of Art

From William Morris to the New Left

About this book

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to Marxist approaches to art history. Although the aesthetic was a crucial part of Marx and Engels's thought, they left no full statement on the arts. Although there is an abundant scholarship on Marxist approaches to literature, the historiography of the visual arts has been largely neglected. This book encompasses a range of influential thinkers and historians including William Morris, Mikhail Lifshits, Frederick Antal, Francis Klingender, Max Raphael, Meyer Schapiro, Walter Benjamin, Henri Lefebvre and Arnold Hauser. It also addresses the heritage of the New Left. In the spirit of Marxism, the authors interpret the achievements and limitations of Marxist art history in relation to the historical and political circumstances of its production, providing an indispensable introduction to contemporary radical practices in the field.

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Information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2006
eBook ISBN
9781783716166
Edition
1
Topic
Art

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Illustrations
  6. Series Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. William Morris: Decoration and Materialism
  10. 2. Mikhail Lifshits: A Marxist Conservative
  11. 3. Frederick Antal
  12. 4. Art as Social Consciousness: Francis Klingender and British Art
  13. 5. Max Raphael: Aesthetics and Politics
  14. 6. Walter Benjamin’s Essay on Eduard Fuchs: An Art-Historical Perspective
  15. 7. Meyer Schapiro: Marxism, Science and Art
  16. 8. Henri Lefebvre and the Moment of the Aesthetic
  17. 9. Arnold Hauser, Adorno, Lukács and the Ideal Spectator
  18. 10. New Left Art History’s International
  19. 11. New Left Art History and Fascism in Germany
  20. 12. The Turn from Marx to Warburg in West German Art History, 1968–90
  21. Notes on Contributors
  22. Notes
  23. Index