Academies, Museums and Canons of Art (Open University: Art and Its Histories) by unknown (1999) Paperback

by Gillian Perry

This lavishly illustrated book examines the variety of ways in which works of art have achieved a position in the so-called canon of Western art. Focusing on a series of case studies of art and institutions in Britain and France from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, the book explores the construction and evolution of canonical values.This is the first of six volumes in the series Art and Its Histories, created to accompany the Open University course by the same title.

Genres: Art History, Art

Unknown Binding

First published January 11, 1999

Reviews

[Martin Ridgway · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book sets up the situation within the art world as the avant gardes came into being. It covers the development of the art academies, with the associated canon and the museums that displayed it.