Aesthetic Thinking: Essays on Intention, Painting, Action, and Ideology

Fred Orton's teaching and writing has always combined theoretical and formal-which is to say structural-analysis with historical research and reflection. This collection of essays brings together some of his most decisive contributions to thinking about fine art practice and rethinking the theory and methods of the social history of art. In this collection Orton brilliantly moves from Paul Cezanne to Jasper Johns, from the American cultural critic Harold Rosenberg to a discussion of Marx and Engels' notion of ideology. What emerges is more than an anthology, this collection offers a vivid demonstration of the way theory can work to generate new interpretations and unsettle old ones.

Author: Fred Orton
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 01/31/2023
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781642598230
ISBN10: 1642598232
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
- Art | Art & Politics
- Art | History | Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)

About the Author

Fred Orton is Emeritus Professor of Art History and Theory, University of Leeds. His earlier books include Figuring Jasper Johns, Jasper Johns: The Sculptures and Fragments of History with Ian Wood and Clare A. Lees.