Absorption and Theatricality

by Michael Fried

Absorption and Theatricality by Michael Fried. University of Chicago Press,1980

Genres: Art, Art History, Nonfiction, Theory

268 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

Reviews

[luk zur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Książka dotycząca HIPERNUDZIARSKIEGO momentu w malarstwie francuskim (1750-1780), po przeczytaniu której to HIPERNUDZIARSKIE malarstwo już HIPERNUDZIARSKIE nie jest. A najlepsze że Friedowi udaje się pokazać istotność takiego Chardina, Greuze czy Davida dla nowoczesnego malarstwa nie poprzez pojęciową żonglerkę/efektowne jukstapozycje, tylko poprzez zrekonstruowanie, jakimi kategoriami posługiwała się krytyka pisząca o ich obrazach, czyli co widział na ich obrazach taki Diderot.

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

For school but actually enjoyed it immensely.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

we now have scarcely the ontological depth for the diderotian probematic

[cait · Rating 3 out of 5]

lowkey the goodreads reviews of this by students and academics are funny (maybe only to me)....but yea, michael fried, you beast. you did it again (yapped so hard that you only need to read the first chapter to really get the point bc fried is unfailingly circular in his arguments). so excited to apply this to novels tho!

[margarida · Rating 3 out of 5]

not me being 5 pages away from finishing this and then being told I only had to read the first chapter 😭

[Alexandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh, Micheal Fried.

[Talleyrand]

[Only read pp. 1-70:]

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting. Not the duality of forces that particularly drives me in attempting to understand/enjoy art.

[Wen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classics of Art Criticism
- Michael Fried, Spring 2011

[Joseph Sales]

To pair this up with his newer release. This book made a wide splash. Ill check out what the hoopla was about.

[quasialidia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has changed how i view
art. Powerful, well researched, interesting, Fried is one of those critics who may actually understand and appreciate the visual arts.