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Art of the 20th century. Volume I, Painting /

Contributor(s): Publication details: Köln : Taschen, ©2005.Description: 399 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 3822840890
  • 9783836541145
Other title:
  • Art of the twentieth century
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Contents:
Volume I. Painting / Kark Ruhrberg -- Prologue to modernism -- The World as a symbol -- The break with history -- Expression and form -- Classicism and imagination -- The end of illusion -- Revolt and poetry -- Abstraction and reality -- The face of the century -- Between revolt and acceptance -- The Paris-New York shift -- Painting as a mind-game -- Beyond Utopia -- At this writing.
Summary: The term "art" has been defined and redefined so many times over the last 100 years that it has gained entirely new social, political, and technological meanings. Ranging across the full spectrum of disciplines available, including photography and new media [see Vol. II], and thematically chaptered to highlight relationships between works and movements, this readable and encyclopaedic masterwork does just what it says on the cover. Whether you want Surrealism or Land Art, Fluxus or Bauhaus, this is your be-all, end-all guide to art of the 20th century. -- Publisher's description.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General N 6490 ART Vol. 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0011515
Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General N 6490 ART Vol. 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available Donated by Christina Read 0014643

See separate record for Volume II of this edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume I. Painting / Kark Ruhrberg -- Prologue to modernism -- The World as a symbol -- The break with history -- Expression and form -- Classicism and imagination -- The end of illusion -- Revolt and poetry -- Abstraction and reality -- The face of the century -- Between revolt and acceptance -- The Paris-New York shift -- Painting as a mind-game -- Beyond Utopia -- At this writing.

The term "art" has been defined and redefined so many times over the last 100 years that it has gained entirely new social, political, and technological meanings. Ranging across the full spectrum of disciplines available, including photography and new media [see Vol. II], and thematically chaptered to highlight relationships between works and movements, this readable and encyclopaedic masterwork does just what it says on the cover. Whether you want Surrealism or Land Art, Fluxus or Bauhaus, this is your be-all, end-all guide to art of the 20th century. -- Publisher's description.

Translated from the German.

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