{"title":"Adrian Rifkin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdrian Rifkin’s works delve into the intricate world of \u003cstrong\u003earts and culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering thoughtful analysis and rich context. His writing often explores the lives and legacies of influential figures, shedding light on the cultural currents that shape our understanding of art and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a blend of meticulous research and engaging narrative that illuminates complex ideas without losing readability. Rifkin’s books invite you to discover the deeper stories behind the artworks and cultural moments that define our shared heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"about-michael-baxandall-by-adrian-rifkin-9780631211914","title":"About Michael Baxandall","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA distinguished group of art historians reflect on the work of Michael Baxandall, in terms of its importance for their own formation, its location in the development of a new art history, and its influence on the broader languages and theories of contemporary cultural theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume deploys the meaning of the word 'about' both as an adverb and a preposition to weave a tissue of readings through and around the writing of Baxandall in such a way as both to characterise its importance in recent thinking on art and cultural history and to displace it from a conventional understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWorking critically, analytically and through analogy, the essays not only rethink Baxandall through a cultural theory in which he takes an unexpected position alongside Aby Warburg and Walter Benjamin, but position his ideas in the conceptual fields of a Marcel Duchamp or a Donald Judd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlternatively, they historicise his thinking in a context of modern ethnographic, sociological and feminist methodologies, or one of important considerations on such concepts as material culture or artistic production as figures in the writing of art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462570131692,"sku":"9780631211914","price":53.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780631211914-about-michael-baxandall.jpg?v=1775015944"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/adrian-rifkin.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}