{"product_id":"techne-theory-henry-staten-9781472592903","title":"Techne Theory: A New Language for Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnly since the Romantic period has art been understood in terms of an ineffable aesthetic quality of things like poems, paintings, and sculptures, and the art-maker as endowed with an inexplicable power of creation. From the Greeks to the 18th century, art was conceived as \u003ci\u003etechne--\u003c\/i\u003ethe skill and know-how by which things and states of affairs are ordered. \u003ci\u003eTechne Theory\u003c\/i\u003e shows how to use this concept to cut through the Romantic notion of art as a kind of magic by returning to the original sense of art as techne, the standpoint of the person who actually knows how to \u003ci\u003emake \u003c\/i\u003ea work of art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnderstood as techne, art-making, like all other cultural accomplishments, is a form of work performed by an artisan who has inherited the know-how of previous generations of artisans. Along the way, \u003ci\u003eTechne Theory \u003c\/i\u003ecuts through the humanist-structuralist impasse over the question of artistic agency and explains what 'form' really means.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Staten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472592905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472592903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.20h x 9.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Henry Staten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867061702911,"sku":"9781472592903","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f198f99-c482-403a-aed8-3f7417e09471.jpg?v=1747453787","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/techne-theory-henry-staten-9781472592903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}