The place of the viewer : the embodied beholder in the history of art, 1764-1968 / by Kerr Houston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houston, Kerr, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Psychology.

Art.

Art criticism--History.

Art criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019.

Summary:

In recent decades, art historians and critics have occasionally emphasized a dynamic, embodied mode of looking, accenting the role of the viewer and the complex interplay between beholders and works of art. In The Place of the Viewer , Kerr Houston shows that an attention to the position and physical experiences of beholders has in fact long informed art historical analyses – and that close study of the theme can lead to a fuller understanding of the discipline, the act of viewership and individual works of art. Simultaneously attentive to historical ideas and contemporary scholarship, this book identifies a vein of thought that has been generally overlooked, and proposes new ways of seeing familiar works and traditions.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Acknowledgements

Figures

Introduction

The Communicative Viewpoint: Photography, Frontality, and Multiplicity in the 1800s

The Beholder in Motion: Kinetic Viewership

The Body Physical, the Body Politic: Incorporated Viewership in the 1960s

Art History and the Place of the Viewer since 1968

Back Matter

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-40053-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004400535 DOI