Why Art Criticism? A Reader

Beate Söntgen; Julia Voss

Why Art Criticism? A Reader

Beate Söntgen (Editor)
, Julia Voss (Editor)

Professorship of Art History

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer

Abstract

How is art criticism to be understood within an expanding artistic field? A look at its history and its manifestations within globalized conditions shows the variety of the genre, of the criteria and of the styles of writing. This reader is an attempt to bring a diverse range of art-critical voices and perspectives into conversation with each other, with texts from the 18th century to the present. The editors Beate Söntgen and Julia Voss have invited colleagues from various geographical and intellectual backgrounds to present and discuss the art critics of their choice, choosing one example from their respective bodies of work to comment upon. How have these writers approached art criticism? Which styles do they employ? What makes them extraordinary? What can we learn from their writings today, and why is it important in its contemporary context?

Original language	English

Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Hatje Cantz Verlag
Number of pages	464
ISBN (Print)	978-3-7757-5074-5, 3-7757-5074-6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-7757-5092-9
Publication status	Published - 04.2022

Research areas and keywords

Science of art
zeitgenössische Kunst

Gathering Voices, Feeling Relations: Arlene Raven
Lochner, O., 04.2022, Why Art Criticism? : A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 249-250 2 p.
Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
Passion, Performance and Soberness: Denis Diderot
Söntgen, B., 2022, Why Art Criticism?: A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 24-25
Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
Practical Formalist: Roger Fry
Söntgen, B., 2022, Why Art Criticism? : A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 62-63
Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

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Gathering Voices, Feeling Relations: Arlene Raven

Passion, Performance and Soberness: Denis Diderot

Practical Formalist: Roger Fry

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