Other Criteria: Confrontations with Twentieth-Century Art Book

Leo Steinbergâ??s classic Other Criteria comprises eighteen essays on topics ranging from â??Contemporary Art and the Plight of Its Publicâ? and the â??flatbed picture planeâ? to reflections on Picasso, Rauschenberg, Rodin, de Kooning, Pollock, Guston, and Jasper Johns. The latter, which Francine du Plessix Gray called â??a tour de force of critical method,â? is widely regarded as the most eye-opening analysis of the Johnsâ??s work ever written. This edition includes a new preface and a handful of additional illustrations.

â??The art book of the year, if not of the decade and possibly of the century. . . .The significance of this volume lies not so much in the quality of its insightsâ??although the quality is very high and the insights are importantâ??as in the richness, precision, and elegance of its style. . . . A meeting with the mind of Leo Steinberg is one of the most enlightening experiences that contemporary criticism affords.â?