‘Present, the Scene of ... Selves, the Occasion of ... Ruses’: Fred Orton’s Art History

Edwards, Steve (2021) ‘Present, the Scene of ... Selves, the Occasion of ... Ruses’: Fred Orton’s Art History. In: UNSPECIFIED (ed.) Aesthetic Thinking: Essays on Intention, Painting, Action, and Ideology. Historical Materialism Book Series 247. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004503298.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004503335_002

Abstract

Book synopsis: Fred Orton’s teaching and writing has always combined theoretical and formal – which is to say structural - analysis with historical research and reflection. This collection of essays – rewritten studies of Paul Cézanne, Jasper Johns, the American cultural critic Harold Rosenberg and a new essay on Marx and Engels’ notion of ideology – brings together some of his most decisive contributions to thinking about fine art practice and rethinking the theory and methods of the social history of art. More than an anthology, it offers a vivid demonstration of how theory can work to generate new interpretations and unsettle old ones.

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Item Type:	Book Section
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies
Research Centres and Institutes:	Photography Research Centre, History and Theory of
Depositing User:	Steve Edwards
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2022 13:17
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2023 18:19
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/50068

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