Roland Barthes wrote "The Death of the Author," an essay in which he argued that the reader ultimately determined the meaning of a work of art. If you need to review, please refer to his essay in subunit 11.2.
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Anahit Ter-Stepanian, PhD; Rebecca Butterfield, PhD. Art History ARTH209 20th Century Art. (The Saylor Academy 2014), http://www.saylor.org/courses/arth209/ (Accessed 14 May, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND
