{"product_id":"edgar-wind-and-modern-art-ben-thomas-9781350284272","title":"Edgar Wind and Modern Art: In Defence of Marginal Anarchy","description":"This book presents the first comprehensive study of the philosopher and art historian Edgar Wind's critique of modern art. The first student of Erwin Panofsky, and a close associate of Aby Warburg, Edgar Wind was unusual among the 'Warburgians' for his sustained interest in modern art, together with his support for contemporary artists. This culminated in his respected and influential book \u003ci\u003eArt and Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), which seemed like a departure from his usual scholarly work on the iconography of Renaissance art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on extensive archival research and bringing to light previously unpublished lectures, \u003ci\u003eEdgar Wind and Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the extent and seriousness of Wind's thinking about modern art, and how it was bound up with theories about art and knowledge that he had developed during the 1920s and 30s. Wind's ideas are placed in the context of a closely connected international cultural milieu consisting of some of the leading artists and thinkers of the twentieth century. In particular, the book discusses in detail his friendships with three significant artists: Pavel Tchelitchew, Ben Shahn and R. B. Kitaj. In the process, the existence of an alternative to the prevailing formalist approach of Alfred Barr and Clement Greenberg to modern art, based on the enduring importance of the symbol, is revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350284270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350284272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Ben Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945177481471,"sku":"9781350284272","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9b489836-9625-48b9-bb99-d207cb010d0f.jpg?v=1681507223","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edgar-wind-and-modern-art-ben-thomas-9781350284272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}