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Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics
Gathers interviews, articles, letters, and manifestos dealing with Postimpressionism, symbolism, fauvism, Expressionism, and cubism.
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Offering information and ideas about modern art, This work explains its relevance and its history. It also focuses on the idea of 'modern' art by asking such questions as: what has made a work of art qualify as modern (or fail to)? How has this selection been made? What is the relationship between modern and contemporary art? and more.
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Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism: Art Between the Wars - Modern Art, Practices & Debates Book 3
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Description: Beginning with Impressionism and the origins of modernism, this text continues right up to the 1990s, tracing mainstream developments and offshoots. The work has been revised to include recent critical theory and recent forms of painting, sculpture and architecture. Illustrations: ill. (chiefly col.).
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How To Survive Modern Art Books
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JEFF WALL Jeff Wall The Museum of Modern Art Over the past three decades, Jeff Wall's large colour transparencies have won international acclaim. Wall has created a unique, seductive and complex pictorial universe by drawing upon philosophy, literature, nineteenth-century painting, Neo-Realist cinema and the traditions of both Conceptual art and documentary photography. The volume includes all of the artist's major works to date and an essay by Peter Galassi that explores the full range of Wall...
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The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935 - Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S.
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Unfortunately, within certain Christian communities, art is often viewed with skepticism, if not disdain. Art historian, critic, and curator Daniel Siedell presents a different perspective in God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art . The latest book in the Cultural Exegesis series, God in the Gallery is a welcome addition to the scant volumes that cover an evangelical reflection on the arts and the aesthetic life. Siedell ultimately contends that art is not antithetical or hostile to...
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The Modern Movement in Art
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A fascination with the primitive lies at the heart of some of the most influential developments in Western art produced between 1890 and 1950 - a time that witnessed both the heroic period of modern art and the decline of Western colonial power. This work is an overview of this period.
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Offers an introduction to the world of modern art from the avant-garde of the 19th century to the controversial art of the 21st. This title contains over 100 illustrations of major works of art. It introduces readers to styles such as Impressionism, Cubism, how artists depicted the world wars, realism and surrealism.
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Over the last three centuries the world has been modernized. From the first stirrings of industrialism to the definitive arrival of globalization, artists, craftspeople and designers have engaged with modernization in order to make sense of the transformations it continually imposes. They have been, by turns, brutally critical and profoundly idealistic about the ongoing state of things. The Modern Ideal explores the idea of modernity, returning it to its historical context and showing how theory...
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A bright new board book to introduce young children to the world. Colourful and attractive scenes showcase this superb subject, along with simple information. Illustrated with photographs of Jo Litchfield's handmade models.
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256 pp., profusely ill. in col and b&w throughout. Long 4to. Near fine in cloth backed boards. Published to accompany the touring Envisioning Architecture exhibition (2002-3). Includes introductory essays by Terence Riley and Matilda McQuaid. Superb illustrations that include gatefold images of Otto Wagner’s Ferdinandsbrücke project, Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute and Cedric Price’s City of the Future project. Highly recommended.
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition Pixar: 20 Years of Animation organized by Steven Higgins, Curator, and Ronald S. Magliozzi, Assistant Curator, Department of Film and Media, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, December 14, 2005 - February 6, 2006
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Description: This work contains the correspondence between art collector Lois Orswell and artist David Smith, shedding light on the sculptor's personality and career. It also tells the history of the Orswell Collection, which numbers over 340 objects and is housed at the Harvard University Art Museums. Illustrations: ill.
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The Art of Modern Rock is set to be the first and last word on today's concert posters and promotional art, featuring over 1500 exemplary rock posters from over 200 international studios and artists. A massive 492-page book, this long-anticipated sequel to the Art of Rock - considered the bible of rock poster art of the Boomer generation - is the must-have book for music and poster fans of all kinds. Featuring plenty of work from the top names in the industry (Glen Barr, Art Chantry, Coop, Emek,...
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An incredibly readable, funny, opinionated, idiosyncratic book which tells the story of modern art from Picasso to Damien Hirst - to tie-in with 6-part prime-slot Channel 4 series presented by Matthew Collings
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Description: 2003 Thames & Hudson h/b edition in Very Good jacket. very heavy book for postage.
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