Anna Brzyskis anthology <strong>Partisan Canons</strong> fills a longrecognized need in theliterature on the history of art. The essays in this volume approach ... » 

Anna Brzyskis anthology Partisan Canons fills a longrecognized need in theliterature on the history of art. The essays in this volume approach the canonof works of art on which the discipline is built from a variety ofperspectives how did it come about on what principles is it built does ithave universal validity? These thoughtful and probing texts promise to affordart historians and others insight into one of the most deeply naturalizedvalues of this profession.Keith Moxey author of The Practice ofPersuasion Paradox and Power in Art History «