Author: Howard J. SmagulaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Currents
Author: Howard J. SmagulaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Currents, Contemporary Directions in the Visual Arts
Author: Howard J. SmagulaPublisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
"Currents presents the full spectrum of contemporary art activity from painting to environmental sculpture, from photography to performance. The present is looked at in the context of the past. Historical precedents, important shifts in focus, and significant individual contributions give the book a depth and comprehensiveness that are unique. Through profiles of important artists and explorations of widely used materials and techniques, Howard J. Smagula skillfully reveals the meanings which underlie much of today's best art."--Back cover.
Contemporary Art
Author: Terry E. SmithPublisher: Pearson
ISBN: 9780205789719
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Contemporary Art: World Currents is the first comprehensive worldwide survey of contemporary art from the 1980s to the present day. Author Terry Smith argues that, in recent decades, a global shift from modern to contemporary art has occurred: artists everywhere have embraced the contemporary world's teeming multiplicity, its proliferating differences and its challenging complexities and new technologies. Alongside more than 350 carefully selected color images of key works, Terry Smith offers the first account of these changes, from their historical beginnings to the present day. Exploring key works by both well known and little-known artists, the author shows how contemporary art achieved definitive force in the markets and museums of the major art centres during the 1980s and then became a global phenomenon as artworlds everywhere began to connect more closely: new communicative technologies and expanding social media are now shaping the future of art. Contemporary Art: World Currents breaks new ground in tracing how modern, traditional and indigenous art became contemporary in each cultural region of the world, ranging across Western, East and Central Europe, North and South America and the Caribbean, Oceania, Africa, and the Middle East. Terry Smith lays the groundwork for a new comparative approach to contemporary art, emphasizing its relationships to all aspects of contemporary life. He argues that it is cultural diversity and individual artistic inventiveness, not a convergence towards sameness, which makes today's art contemporary. Contemporary Art: World Currents brings the subject right up-todate, highlighting the concerns of contemporary artists while giving the reader an invaluable insight to art today. Teaching and Learning Experience Improve Critical Thinking- Explore how contemporary art has become a global, connected phenomenon Engage Students- Looks at the work of contemporary artists from across the world. Support Instructors- Image PowerPoints slides are available for Contemporary Art: World Currents.
Themes of Contemporary Art
Author: Jean RobertsonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780190078331
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
"Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art after 1980 offers students and readers an introduction to recent art"--
The Tilted Arc Controversy
Author: Harriet SeniePublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452905273
Category : Public sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945
Author: Amelia JonesPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781405152358
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A Companion to Contemporary Art is a major survey covering the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political, and aesthetic issues in contemporary art since 1945, primarily in the Euro-American context. Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field. Contains dual chronological and thematic coverage of the major themes in the art of our time: politics, culture wars, public space, diaspora, the artist, identity politics, the body, and visual culture. Offers synthetic analysis, as well as new approaches to, debates central to the visual arts since 1945 such as those addressing formalism, the avant-garde, the role of the artist, technology and art, and the society of the spectacle.
Earth Now
Author: Katherine WarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Presents delicious and easy to prepare recipes and dishes from the northern region of Mexico.
Reclaiming the Spiritual in Art
Author: Dawn PerlmutterPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438415893
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
From Walt Disney World to the movie Natural Born Killers, this book explores uncommon indicators of the spiritual in contemporary art and culture. Drawing on a diversity of perspectives in philosophy and aesthetics to highlight conscious and unconscious manifestations of the sacred in art, this work makes a compelling case for its continued contemporary relevance. Contributors include Andrew Doerr, Melissa E. Feldman, Cher Krause Knight, Debra Koppman, Janice Mann, Dawn Perlmutter, Crispin Sartwell, and Susan Shantz.
Public Art
Author: Cher Krause KnightPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444360612
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This book takes a bold look at public art and its populist appeal, offering a more inclusive guide to America's creative tastes and shared culture. It examines the history of American public art – from FDR's New Deal to Christo's The Gates – and challenges preconceived notions of public art, expanding its definition to include a broader scope of works and concepts. Expands the definition of public art to include sites such as Boston's Big Dig, Las Vegas' Treasure Island, and Disney World Offers a refreshing alternative to the traditional rhetoric and criticism surrounding public art Includes insightful analysis of the museum and its role in relation to public art
A History of Installation Art and the Development of New Art Forms
Author: Faye RanPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433105197
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Art mirrors life; life returns the favor. How could nineteenth and twentieth century technologies foster both the change in the world view generally called postmodernism and the development of new art forms? Scholar and curator Faye Ran shows how interactions of art and technology led to cultural changes and the evolution of Installation art as a genre unto itself - a fascinating hybrid of expanded sculpture in terms of context, site, and environment, and expanded theatre in terms of performer, performance, and public.