[DOC] A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics by Donald Richie at Arts-Photography

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In an age where art historyrsquo;s questions are now expected to receive answers; Richard Shiff presents a challenging alternative. In this essential new addition to James Elkinsrsquo;s series Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts; Richard Shiff embraces doubt as a critical tool and asks how particular histories of art have come to be. Shiffrsquo;s turn to doubt is not a retreat to relativism; but rather an insistence on clear thinking about art. In particular; Shiff takes issue with the style of self-referential art writing seemingly licensed by Roland Barthes. With an introduction by Rosie Bennett; Doubt is a study of the tension between practicing art and practicing criticism.