This edited volume explores the notion of "artifice" in modern visual culture, ranging from the eighteenth century to the present, in countries around the globe.
Artifice has been regarded as a primarily Western phenomenon, playing as it does a central role in European art theory since the Renaissance. This volume proposes that artifice is better understood as a transcultural artistic phenomenon and requires far broader conceptualization across international contexts. It acquaints readers with works of art, visual modes of communication, and concepts originating in France, Germany, the United States, Japan, and China, and includes painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, film, and virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) objects. Contributors demonstrate how practices of artifice function as both symbol and form, in parallel and divergent ways, in multiple cultural settings.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, and material culture.
| ISBN: | 9781032765297 |
| Publication date: | 22nd June 2026 |
| Author: | Sonia Coman, VasileOvidiu Prejmerean, Michael Elia Yonan |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 196 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Art History |
| Genres: |
History of art Philosophy: aesthetics Anthropology The arts: general topics |
This edited volume explores the notion of "artifice" in modern visual culture, ranging from the eighteenth century to the present, in countries around the globe.
Artifice has been regarded as a primarily Western phenomenon, playing as it does a central role in European art theory since the Renaissance. This volume proposes that artifice is better understood as a transcultural artistic phenomenon and requires far broader conceptualization across international contexts. It acquaints readers with works of art, visual modes of communication, and concepts originating in France, Germany, the United States, Japan, and China, and includes painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, film, and virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) objects. Contributors demonstrate how practices of artifice function as both symbol and form, in parallel and divergent ways, in multiple cultural settings.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, and material culture.
Art and Artifice in Visual Culture features in the following genres: History of art, Philosophy: aesthetics, Anthropology, The arts: general topics
Art and Artifice in Visual Culture is available in Paperback, Hardback
Art and Artifice in Visual Culture was written by Sonia Coman, VasileOvidiu Prejmerean, Michael Elia Yonan and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Art and Artifice in Visual Culture has 196 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Art History series
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