Stephen Eisenman
Author of Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History
About the Author
Stephen F. Eisenman is Professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University.
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- Birthdate
- 1956
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- Prineton University (MFA|1981|PhD|1984)
Williams College (MA|1979)
State University of New York, Albany (BA|1977 - Magna Cum Laude) - Occupations
- art historian
university professor - Organizations
- Occidental College
Northwestern University
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The cry of nature. Art and the making of animal rights by Stephen F. Eisenman
I believe this book fills a needed niche, but I found it a bit short on art, and long on philosophy. There are many books that cove the history of animal rights and welfare, but none other that cover the history of how art has related to animal rights philosophy. I found much of what the author said about art to be great, I just felt I wanted more art.
A brilliant examination of the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs within the context of art history, “The Abu Ghraib Effect” has already entered into popular jargon – a testament to its power as a popular political meme. The value of this brief study, however, is that it provides a germane and enlightening perspective on the Abu Ghraib photos that is more refined than that stemming from traditional political analysis.
The upshot of Stephen Eisenman’s thesis is that the discernable traditions of Greco-Roman art point to a way of seeing and understanding images of pain, torture, and suffering that, contrary to bolstering the repugnance of the Abu Ghraib photos, make them strangely palatable – even soothing – in their familiarity. This isn’t a book about how awful (either politically or personally) the incidents at Abu Ghraib were; it’s a book about how we psychologically process such images within their historical, political and aesthetic contexts.… (more)
The upshot of Stephen Eisenman’s thesis is that the discernable traditions of Greco-Roman art point to a way of seeing and understanding images of pain, torture, and suffering that, contrary to bolstering the repugnance of the Abu Ghraib photos, make them strangely palatable – even soothing – in their familiarity. This isn’t a book about how awful (either politically or personally) the incidents at Abu Ghraib were; it’s a book about how we psychologically process such images within their historical, political and aesthetic contexts.… (more)
I bought this as a text for my first year History of Western Art class but it's pretty handy to have around still, several years later.
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