Contemporary art /
Language: English Original language: German Publication details: Köln, Germany : Benedikt Taschen, ©1992.Description: 238 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cmISBN:- 3822800759
- 9783822800751
- Kunst der Gegenwart. English
Contents:
Summary: This study is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive survey of contemporary art in the '70s and 80s. Beginning with the New Savages of the late Seventies, Klaus Honnef then introduces the various movements of the Eighties.
The new no longer new: Zeitgeist -- Between traditions and innovation -- The seventies as a laboratory -- German art -- American art -- Pictures in a world of pictures -- Irony -- travesty -- clownish antics -- The cultural supermarket -- There is no accounting for taste -- Staging reality, or the power of photography -- Loners or "Anything Goes"?
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | N 6490 HON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0008875 |
The new no longer new: Zeitgeist -- Between traditions and innovation -- The seventies as a laboratory -- German art -- American art -- Pictures in a world of pictures -- Irony -- travesty -- clownish antics -- The cultural supermarket -- There is no accounting for taste -- Staging reality, or the power of photography -- Loners or "Anything Goes"?
This study is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive survey of contemporary art in the '70s and 80s. Beginning with the New Savages of the late Seventies, Klaus Honnef then introduces the various movements of the Eighties.
Translation of: Kunst der Gegenwart.