The Invention of Art: A Cultural History

Rating:
Summary: Invaluable for understanding the Art world
Review: This book is tough going at times but the result is a major contribution to understanding the world of the "fine arts" today. Written in a dispassionate tone throughout, it helps to put the Art world into a rational context and shows how the fine art institutions condition us to raise fine art to a near religious level of significance.

Rating:
Summary: Invaluable for understanding the Art world
Review: This book is tough going at times but the result is a major contribution to understanding the world of the "fine arts" today. Written in a dispassionate tone throughout, it helps to put the Art world into a rational context and shows how the fine art institutions condition us to raise fine art to a near religious level of significance.