Leo Steinberg's criticism : symptom of formalist crisis, prophetic of postmodernist promise

Author

Van Schepen, Randall K.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art criticism. 1994, Num. 2, Vol. 9, 24-37

ISSN

0195-4148

Abstract (en)

Surveys Steinberg's writings on art, both old masters and modern, in the context of art criticism in the United States from Clement Greenberg on. Shows that Steinberg was the first critic to react against the modernist attitude represented by Greenberg's writings, and one of the first to use the teachings of psychoanalysis to interpret art. Asserts that while Steinberg did not in every case carry to its furthest points certain notions suggested by contemporary art (such as works by Johns and Rauschenberg), he did call attention to a number of issues that have become central to postmodern criticism.

Subject (en)

• General works -- Historians and critics
• Steinberg, Leo, b.1920
• Art criticism
• Art critics
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Modernism
• Psychoanalysis
• Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994
• Comparison

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Historiens et critiques d'art
• Steinberg, Leo, n.1920
• Critique d'art
• Critiques d'art
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Modernisme
• Psychanalyse
• Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994
• Comparaison

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00347702

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