Art writing

"Artwriting is concerned with texts of recent art critics. The analysis draws on Arthur Danto's theory of interpretation and upon three connected conceptual points: the need to properly identify an artwork; the possibility of conflicting interpretations; and the use of rhetoric in interpretation." -- Overture A study of the history of recent American art criticism demonstrating the gradual development of a self-critical awareness that parallels the discoveries of the poststructuralists, that the role of criticism, when successful, can achieve persuasiveness in the marketplace. Beginnings In Narrative : Art Histories -- Endings In Narrative : Art Histories -- The Presentness Of Art -- The Art System -- Art Fashion -- The Rhetoric Of Artwriting. David Carrier. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 141-155.