Theater as Metaphor in Art and Society. His work has sought to develop new ways of investigating vision as a historical and cultural problem, initiating a paradigm shift in the theory of visuality and modernity. His most recent book is a detailed study of transformations in the status of perception in the late nineteenth century, tracing the connections between the modernization of subjectivity and the industrialization of visual culture and paying particular attention to the art of Manet, Seurat and C zanne. Professor Crary has been the recipient of Guggenheim, Getty, Mellon and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. He is currently Professor of Art History at Columbia University.
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