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Title: The Power of Images: Studies in the History and Theory of Response by David Freedberg ISBN: 0-226-26146-8 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $37.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Fundamental Introduction to the Study of Images
Comment: This book was ground-breaking for its time because of Freedberg's insistence on a new? approach to the study of images that focused on writing biographies of particular images which highlighted the historical and locally constructed responses, and what those responses could tell us about the psychology of the human response to images generally, rather than the more "traditional" art-historical aesthetic analysis approach. "Power of Images" is organized thematically with topics such as versimiltude, iconoclasm, and desire played out in front of the eyes of particular representative images. One of best aspects of this book is how clearly Freedberg takes seriously the notion of "presence" in images.
The biggest limitation of this book is that it is almost completely bereft of information on non-pre-Enlightenment-European-Christian images. Rather than recusing himself from treating say Thai amulets, Freedberg overextends his conclusions in an unfortunately totalizing metanarrative. To be specific, I disagree with his brief rejoinder aimed at Stanley Tambiah's "Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets," and generally, I think many of Freedberg's conclusions would map poorly onto Tibetan or Japanese sacred statuary.
In conclusion, I would still highly recommend this as a first-book for someone who wants to either learn about how to begin thinking about (religious) imagery and our responses to it, or someone who is looking for a wealth of short biographies and references to information on some of the most famous European Christian images.
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Title: Art and Its Histories: A Reader by Steve Edwards ISBN: 0300077440 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Two Art Histories: The Museum and the University (Clark Studies in the Visual Arts) by Charles W. Haxthausen ISBN: 0300097751 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology (Oxford History of Art) by Donald Preziosi ISBN: 0192842420 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Modern Perspectives in Western Art History: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Writings on the Visual Arts (Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching, N) by W. Eugene Kleinbauer ISBN: 0802067085 Publisher: University of Toronto Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Critical Perspectives on Art History by John C. McEnroe, Deborah F. Pokinski ISBN: 0130405957 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 17 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.40 |
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