Book description

A new direction in art criticism is laid out in this striking program forrealigning the relationship between painting and criticism. Putting forth theidea that painting evolves and encounters new territory through a constanttension between art and criticism, this treatise draws on the work ofphilosophers Immanuel Kant and Walter Benjamin as well as critics Arthur Dantoand Rosalind Krauss. Each argument is accompanied by a detailed analysis of awide range of classical, modern, and post-modern art pieces.

About the Author

Andrew Benjamin is research professor of critical theory in theCentre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University. Professor Benjamin is an internationally recognised authority on contemporary French and German critical theory. He has authored many books including Philosophy's Literature(2001), Architectural Philosophy (2000) and Present Hope: Philosophy, Architecture, Judaism(1997).

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