Intelligence of Art (Paperback)

Intelligence of Art Book Description

A refreshing analysis of the present state of art history by a leading scholar and critic, this book offers a concrete new way for interpreting art through the ages. Crow examines the works of what he considers three of the best examples of art history criticism, Meyer Schapiro on the Romanesque portal sculpture of the abbey church of Sainte Marie in the French town of Souillac, Claude L vi-Strauss on the Native American masks of the Northwest Coast, and Michael Baxandall on the limewood sculptors of Renaissance Germany.

About the Author :

Thomas Crow has contributed to Intelligence of Art as an author. SERGE HAMBOURG is an independent photographer who in the 1960s and 1970s worked directly for the magazine, Le Nouvel Observateur and the newspaper, Le Figaro. He has also worked as a producer of television films and as a publicity photographer for several advertising agencies. His photographs have been reproduced in books, magazines, and journals, including Paris Match, New York Magazine and Time, and his work has been exhibited at museums and galleries around the world. He lives and works in Paris.
THOMAS CROW is Director of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, and Professor of th

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