Believing Is Seeing

Creating the Culture of Art

By: Mary Anne Staniszewski

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Paperback | 1 January 1995 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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Why are the Palacolithic Venus of Wittendorf, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes and Marcel Duchamp's ready-made urinal all considered to be works of art? Is a Cindy Sherman photograph as much 'art' as a portrait by Leonardo da Vinci? Who decides what art is? In the tradition of Marshall McLuhan and John Berger, this book - which is at once learned and somewhat subversive - presents a new way of assessing our artistic heritage. It seeks to bridge the gulf between classical Japanese painting and the films of Spike Lee, between high art and popular culture, and probes beyond the rhetorical surface of standard art histories. Drawing on the widest possible range of illustrative material the book throws new light on individual works and the often mystifying criteria by which they are valued. A most stimulating work, it contrives to involve the reader directly and provocatively in the debate which it undertakes. (Kirkus UK)

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Non-Fiction Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Arts & Entertainment History of Art & Design Styles Society & Culture Cultural Studies General Issues in Art Theory of Art Philosophy Philosophy & Aesthetics

Instructions for Use
What is Art?	p. 1
Art and the Modern Subject	p. 101
The Term "Art"	p. 111
Aesthetics: The Theory of Art	p. 119
The Privilege: Creating Art	p. 125
The Academy	p. 161
The Museum	p. 171
The Discipline: Art History and The Development of Modernism	p. 181
The Avant-Garde, Popular Culture, and the Creation of the Mass Media	p. 199
Art and Culture Today	p. 255
Selected Bibliography	p. 303
Picture Credits	p. 309
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