Marxism and the History of Art

From William Morris to the New Left

Andrew Hemingway, Andrew Hemingway

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Jahr: 2006
• ISBN:
  9781783716166
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Arte
• Thema: Historia del arte

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to Marxist approaches to art history. Although the aesthetic was a crucial part of Marx and Engels's thought, they left no full statement on the arts. Although there is an abundant scholarship on Marxist approaches to literature, the historiography of the visual arts has been largely neglected. This book encompasses a range of influential thinkers and historians including William Morris, Mikhail Lifshits, Frederick Antal, Francis Klingender, Max Raphael, Meyer Schapiro, Walter Benjamin, Henri Lefebvre and Arnold Hauser. It also addresses the heritage of the New Left. In the spirit of Marxism, the authors interpret the achievements and limitations of Marxist art history in relation to the historical and political circumstances of its production, providing an indispensable introduction to contemporary radical practices in the field.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Series Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. William Morris: Decoration and Materialism
• 2. Mikhail Lifshits: A Marxist Conservative
• 3. Frederick Antal
• 4. Art as Social Consciousness: Francis Klingender and British Art
• 5. Max Raphael: Aesthetics and Politics
• 6. Walter Benjamin’s Essay on Eduard Fuchs: An Art-Historical Perspective
• 7. Meyer Schapiro: Marxism, Science and Art
• 8. Henri Lefebvre and the Moment of the Aesthetic
• 9. Arnold Hauser, Adorno, Lukács and the Ideal Spectator
• 10. New Left Art History’s International
• 11. New Left Art History and Fascism in Germany
• 12. The Turn from Marx to Warburg in West German Art History, 1968–90
• Notes on Contributors
• Notes
• Index