{"product_id":"homemade-esthetics-observations-on-art-and-taste-paperback","title":"Homemade Esthetics: Observations on Art and Taste - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClement Greenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA giant of 20th century art criticism, Clement Greenberg (1909-1994) set the terms of critical discourse from the moment he burst onto the scene with his seminal essays \"Avant-Garde and Kitsch\" (1939) and \"Towards a Newer Laocoon\" (1940). In this work, which gathers previously uncollected essays and a series of seminars delivered at Bennington College in 1971, Greenberg provides his most expansive statement of his views on taste and quality in art. He insists that despite the attempts of modern artists to escape the jurisdiction of taste by producing an art so disjunctive that it cannot be judged, taste is inexorable. He maintains that standards of quality in art, ohe artist's responsibility to seek out the hardest demands of a medium, and the critic's responsibility to discriminate, are essential conditions for great art. He discusses the interplay of expectation and surprise in aesthetic experience, and the exalted consciousness produced by great art. \u003cem\u003eHomemade Esthetics\u003c\/em\u003e allows us to watch the critic's mind at work, defending (and at times reconsidering) his controversial and influential theories. Charles Harrison's introduction to this volume places \u003cem\u003eHomemade Esthetics\u003c\/em\u003e in the context of Greenberg's work and the evolution of 20th century criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClement Greenberg's\u003c\/strong\u003e books include \u003cem\u003eArt and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e and four volumes of collected essays and criticism. \u003cstrong\u003eCharles T. Harrison\u003c\/strong\u003e of the Open University, co editor of \u003cem\u003eArt in Theory 1900 1990\u003c\/em\u003e and one of the leading writers on modernism, has written an introduction placing \u003cem\u003eHomemade Esthetics\u003c\/em\u003e in the context of Greenberg's work and the evolution of 20th century critism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 7.94 x 5.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773832167712,"sku":"9780195139235","price":88.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/75f23c9bea2f9ff429a8c43973452f4b_e53b4c6d-cf4b-4afb-b65b-28e6dc345695.webp?v=1780433911","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/homemade-esthetics-observations-on-art-and-taste-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}