Venus in Exile: The Rejection of Beauty in Twentieth-Century Art

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"Venus in Exile: The Rejection of Beauty in Twentieth-Century Art" is a critical study that examines how and why modern and contemporary art turned away from traditional ideals of beauty throughout the twentieth century.

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instanceOf art criticism book ⓘ
book ⓘ
argues beauty can have ethical and social value ⓘ
beauty has been marginalized in twentieth-century art discourse ⓘ
author Wendy Steiner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques dominance of irony in contemporary art ⓘ
suspicion of beauty in modernist theory ⓘ
discipline aesthetics ⓘ
art history ⓘ
cultural studies ⓘ
examines avant-garde movements ⓘ
cultural attitudes toward beauty ⓘ
feminist perspectives on beauty ⓘ
historical shift away from beauty in art ⓘ
relationship between aesthetics and ethics ⓘ
focusesOn contemporary art ⓘ
modern art ⓘ
rejection of traditional beauty ideals ⓘ
genre art history ⓘ
cultural criticism ⓘ
hasForm monograph ⓘ
hasPerspective critical ⓘ
historical ⓘ
theoretical ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers interested in modern art ⓘ
scholars of art history ⓘ
students of aesthetics ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject aesthetics ⓘ
beauty in art ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
postmodernism ⓘ
twentieth-century art ⓘ
linked to: Modern art
periodCovered 20th century ⓘ
titleContains The Rejection of Beauty in Twentieth-Century Art ⓘ
Venus in Exile ⓘ

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Venus in Exile: The Rejection of Beauty in Twentieth-Century Art → titleContains → The Rejection of Beauty in Twentieth-Century Art ⓘ
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