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Charles harrison and paul wood eds, art in theory 1900. Harrison charles wood paul eds art in theory 19001990. Publication date 1992 topics art history, art, art theory. Psychoanalytic criticism psychoanalytic criticism adopts the methods of reading employed by freud and later theorists to interpret texts.
He held visiting appointments at the university of texas at austin and the. Books by charles harrison author of art in theory 1900 2000. Mellon professor of contemporary art history and theory at the university of pittsburgh and professor in the division of philosophy, art, and critical thought at the european graduate school. He has been continuously involved in modern art as an exhibitor, critic, historian and theorist. He states that the purpose of writing this book was to help the reader to see and to understand what it is that makes these works of art attending to 12.
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