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320 pages : illustrations, photographs (mostly color) ; 28 cm
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English
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Just as Picassos 'Guernica' or Gericaults 'Raft of the Medusa' survive as powerful cultural documents of their time, there will be works from our own era that will endure for generations to come. But which ones? Which contemporary artworks best capture the zeitgeist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries? This book, written by one of the new voices in cultural criticism, predicts which artists and artworks from the past two decades will come to...
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200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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English
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"Pioneering artists in the post-World War II era alternatively embraced artistic freedom and gesture-ased styles, nontraditional materials and countercultural references.French art critic Michel Tapié even declared the existence of un art autre (rt of another kind) - a radical break with all traditional notions of order and composition, in a movement toward something wholly 'other.' This catalogue accompanies the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum exhibition...
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134 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art ... Based on his hugely popular Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this funny, personal journey through the art world answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but that we're too embarrassed to ask. Questions such as: What is 'good' or 'bad' art -- and does it even matter? Is art still capable of shocking...
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256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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English
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As artists push further and further beyond their, and our, comfort zones, this book aims to help decipher the bizarre and often intimidating aspects of modern and contemporary art by exploring twenty works of art in terms of seven "keys". History, biography, aesthetics, experience, theory, criticism and the market represent conventional ̀modes of existence' for every artwork discussed, but in a fascinating variety of ways. Simon Morley shows how...
52) Rembrandt
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1 videodisc (approximately 24 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Rembrandt van Rijn tells you in his own words the story of his own life and creative career in this lighthearted and informative look at one of the world's most famous artists.
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xiv, 254 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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In Lives of the Artists ten major artists are captured in Tomkins's cool and ironic style to record the new directions art is taking during these days of limitless freedom. As formal technique and rigorous training continue to fall away, art has become an approach to living. As the author says, "the lives of contemporary artists are today so integral to what they make that the two cannot be considered in isolation." Among the artists profiled are...
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ix, 387 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters, was also a theorist and exponent of the movement. His writing articulated the intent of the New York school --Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, and others--during a period when their work was often reviled for its departure from traditional representation. As founder of the Documents of Modern Art series (later...
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163 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
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English
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'Much Wider Than a Line' is the second installment in SITElines, a reimagined biennial series with a focus on contemporary art from the Americas. Featuring over 30 artists from 10 countries and five new commissions, SITElines 2016 articulates the interconnectedness of the Americas and various shared experiences such as colonial legacies, the vernacular and relationships to the land. The catalogue includes works by artists Xenobia Bailey, Francisca...
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