Companion to Contemporary Art since 1945

von Jones

650 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 9781405135429
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.03.2006
• Größe: 244 x 170 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons