Title The optical unconscious / Rosalind E. Krauss

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1993] ©1993 ©1993

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Description 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series October books. Summary The Optical Unconscious is a pointed protest against the official story of modernism and against the critical tradition that attempted to define modern art according to certain sacred commandments and self-fulfilling truths--Jacket Analysis Visual arts Visual perception Notes "October books." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-337) and index Subject Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation. Ernst, Max, 1891-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation. Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation. Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 -- Criticism and interpretation. Artists -- Psychology. Modernism (Art) Optical illusions. Visual perception. LC no. 92028978 ISBN 026211173X

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