The Psychologizing of Modernity: Art, Architecture and History

In The Psychologizing of Modernity, Mark Jarzombek examines the impact of psychology on twentieth-century aesthetics. Analyzing the interface among psychology, art history and avant-gardist practices, he also reflects on the longevity of the myth of aesthetic individuality as it infiltrated not only avant-garde art, but also history writing. The principle focus of this study is pre-World War II Germany, where theories of empathy and Entartung emerged; and postwar America, where artists, critics and historians gradually shifted from their reliance on psychology to philosophy, and most recently, to theory.

Author: Mark Jarzombek
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/02/2011
Pages: 340
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780521147637

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