Homemade Esthetics
Clement Greenberg
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Homemade Esthetics
Published
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
220
ISBN-10
0195124332
Description
In this work, which gathers previously uncollected essays and a series of seminars delivered at Bennington in 1971, Greenberg provides his most expansive statement of his views on taste and quality in art, arguing for an esthetic that flies in the face of current art world fashions. Greenberg maintains - despite the attempts of some artists from Marcel Duchamp onwards to escape the jurisdiction of taste by producing an art so disjunctive that it cannot be judgedthat taste is inexorable. He argues that standards of quality in art, the artist's responsibility to seek out the hardest demands of a medium, and the critic's responsibility to discriminate, are essential conditions for great art. The obsession with innovation and the epidemic of newness leads, in Greenberg's view, to the boringness of so much avant garde art. He discusses the interplay of expectation and surprise in aesthetic experience, and the exalted consciousness produced by great art. Homemade Esthetics allows us, particularly in the transcribed seminar sessions, never before published, to watch the critic's mind at work, defending (and at times reconsidering) his theories.
The Story of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy
Jenseits von Gut und Böse
The guide of the perplexed of Maimonides
Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους
Tractatus logico-philosophicus
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Homemade Esthetics?
This edition of Homemade Esthetics has approximately 220 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, Homemade Esthetics typically takes between 4h 35m and 3h 3m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 55,000 words and common reading speeds.
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Who is the author of Homemade Esthetics?
Homemade Esthetics was written by Clement Greenberg.
When was Homemade Esthetics published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 1999. The original work may have been published on a different date.