Shiner, L. E. 1934-

The invention of art : a cultural history / Larry Shiner. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001. - xix, 362 p. : ill ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-341) and index.

Choice. Publisher's Weekly.

Reconsiders the history of art by arguing that the category of fine art is a modern invention and that the lines drawn between art and craft resulted from key social transformations in Europe during the eighteenth century.

Adult Follett Library Resources.

0226753425 (alk. paper)

00053247


Arts--History.
Arts--Philosophy.
Arts--History.
Arts--Philosophy.

NX440 / .S5 2001

700/.9