Contemporary Art: Art Since 1970
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Contemporary Art: Art Since 1970
- A global perspective—Embraces the arts from California, New York, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, China, Taiwan, and Africa. Gives students a snapshot of the richly varied international network of contemporary art.
- Gives students a snapshot of the richly varied international network of contemporary art.
- Coverage of key moments of contemporary art—Begins with the visual arts of the 1950s and provides a comprehensive study to the present day. Shows students that artistic experiment is a kind of record of a society undergoing rapid change, presenting important developments.
- Shows students that artistic experiment is a kind of record of a society undergoing rapid change, presenting important developments.
- Stylish, concise, and critically demanding. Provides students with a text that explains the concepts of formal symmetry, absence of traditional composition, and monochrome color.
- Provides students with a text that explains the concepts of formal symmetry, absence of traditional composition, and monochrome color.
This interesting, concise, and stylish book gathers together the seminal moments in the international art scene of the last few years, placing them in the context of the critical and public understanding of the works, and brings into play the remarkable growth of contemporary art museums across the United States, Europe, and globally. Contemporary Art describes the latest trends and tendencies in art, calling upon international exhibitions, curatorial projects, and the growth of new technology, and showing the rapidly evolving experiment that is the visual arts of our time. An excellent source of information for those involved in the visual arts, this book is also a great read for non-academic hobbyists and life-long learners.
