Robert Pincus-Witten : the critic as dandy

Author

Borum, Jenifer Penrose

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art criticism. 1989, Num. 2, Vol. 5, p. 49-60

ISSN

0195-4148

Abstract (en)

Concludes that whereas Pincus-Witten assumed his pose as a dandy modeled upon Baudelaire in order to counter the alienated formalism of Clement Greenberg, his pursuit of novelty and the demands of fashion have compromised his dandyism.

Subject (en)

• General works -- Historians and critics
• Pincus-Witten, Robert A., b.1935
• Dandyism
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Comparison
• Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867
• Influence
• Art criticism
• France
• Formalism
• Art critics

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Historiens et critiques d'art
• Pincus-Witten, Robert A., n.1935
• Dandysme
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Comparaison
• Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867
• Influence
• Critique d'art
• France
• Formalisme
• Critiques d'art

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00454734

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