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Why are the paleolithic Venus of Willendorf, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, and Marcel Duchamp's ready-made urinal all considered works of art? Why, strictly speaking, is a Cindy Sherman photograph more "art-like" than a Da Vinci portrait? How did the painters and sculptors of the Renaissance see their creations? And who decides what art is today? In the tradition of Marshall McLuhan and John Berger, this learned and deliciously subversive book gives us a new way of seeing our artistic heritage. Believing Is Seeing is a work of multicultural scope and glittering intelligence that bridges the gulf between classical Japanese painting and the films of Spike Lee, between high theory and pop culture. Probing beyond the rhetorical surface of standard art histories and drawing on a panoramic array of illustrative material, Mary Anne Staniszewski throws a fresh light on individual works and the often mystifying criteria by which they are valued.

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Mary Anne Staniszewski studies culture and art in relation to political and social notions. Her books are Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art and The Power of Display: A History of Exhibition Installations at the Museum of Modern Art .Staniszewski organized a symposium on contemporary slavery at Exit Art in New York. Staniszewski holds a PhD in Art History from the Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York, and is a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0140168249
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; 1st edition (January 1, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780140168242
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140168242
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 12 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 6 x 1.1 inches
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Mary Anne Staniszewski investigates culture and art in relation to political and social perspectives. Her books include: Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art (Penguin USA, 1995; Korean translations/editions: Hyunsil Cultural Studies, Hyun Sil Moon Hwayonju, 2000 and 2007) and The Power of Display: A History of Exhibition Installations at the Museum of Modern Art (MIT Press, 1998; Korean translation, designLocus, 2007). She was executive editor of Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures, 1960s to Now, curators/editors, Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee (Exit Art and AK Press, 2010), a project of Exit Art's Curatorial Incubator, for which she was director. Staniszewski also co-edited with Lauren Rosati, Alternative Histories: New York Art Spaces, 1960-2010 (Exit Art and MIT Press, 2012).

In 2011, Staniszewski conceived and organized a symposium on contemporary slaveries at Exit Art, New York. Staniszewski is currently completing a contemporary-historical portrait of the United States, which examines issues of slavery and race.

Staniszewski has Ph.D. in Art History from the Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York, and is an associate professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

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