The Invisible Masterpiece
Contributors: Helen Atkins (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: May 30, 2003
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781861891082
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Theory of art; Art
First sentence: Our notion of the 'work of art' has its origin in the concept of the unique 'masterpiece', an idea that gained currency when the first museums were founded: revered icons or works of star quality were crucial to justify the existence of the temples of art that bourgeois culture demanded.