{"product_id":"the-structure-of-art-by-jack-burnham","title":"‘The Structure of Art’ by Jack Burnham","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eJack Burnham’s \u003cem\u003eThe Structure of Art\u003c\/em\u003e examines art as a changing system of relations between perception, symbol, technology and culture.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving across modernism, abstraction, sculpture, semiotics, psychology and structuralism, Burnham asks what kinds of mental and social structures make particular forms of art possible, and how those structures alter as both artistic practice and theories of perception change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe looks at the wider intellectual history of figures like Piaget, Lévi-Strauss, Chomsky, with works from Monet, Mondrian, Henry Moore and Minimalism sitting beside. This sort of produces an account of art as something generated through patterns of cognition rather than simply individual expression. Burnham’s diagrams and image-text comparisons give the argument an almost schematic character, but the ambition is substantial: to build a structural model capable of explaining why art changes form, what those changes reveal about perception, and how modern art repeatedly strips away inherited visual conventions in order to expose the systems underneath them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Braziller, New York, 1973. Revised edition, second printing. Paperback. Moderate rubbing, edge wear and creasing to covers, with some corner wear; internally clean and sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46287714058323,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-15T161320.217.png?v=1789452850","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-structure-of-art-by-jack-burnham","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}