Marxism and the History of Art: From William Morris to the New Left

Frances Stracey (1963-2009) was Senior Lecturer in the History of Art Department, University College London, and organising committee member for the 'Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture' seminar, London.

Preface

1. Introduction: Marxism and Art History after the New Left
Andrew Hemingway (University College, London)

2. William Morris: Decoration and Materialism
Caroline Arscott (Courtauld Institute of Art)

3. Mikhail Lifshits: A Marxist Conservative
Stanley Mitchell (University of Derby)

4. Frederick Antal
Paul Stirton (University of Glasgow)

5. Art as Social Consciousness: Francis Klingender and British Art
David Bindman (University College, London)

6. Max Raphael: Aesthetics and Politics
Stanley Mitchell (University of Derby)

7. Walter Benjamin’s Essay on Eduard Fuchs: An Art-Historical Perspective
Frederic J. Schwartz (University College, London)

8. Meyer Schapiro: Marxism, Science and Art
Andrew Hemingway (University College, London)

9. Henri Lefebvre and the Moment of the Aesthetic
Marc Léger (University of Rochester)

10. Arnold Hauser, Adorno, Lukács and the Ideal Spectator
John Roberts (University of Wolverhampton)

11. New Left Art History and Fascism in Germany
Jutta Held (University of Osnabrück)

12. The Turn from Marx to Warburg in West German Art History, 1968-90
Otto Karl Werckmeister (Northwestern University)

Index