Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art
Seiten
2016
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
9781442276673 (ISBN)
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
9781442276673 (ISBN)
The Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art details the history of contemporary art through a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important artists, styles, terms, and movements.
The Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art illuminates important artists, styles, and movements of the past 70 years. Beginning with the immediate post-World War II period, it encompasses earlier 20th century masters, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Jean Dubuffet, Stuart Davis, Georgia O’Keeffe, and other well-known figures, who remained creatively productive, while also inspiring younger generations. The book covers subsequent developments, including abstract expressionism, happenings, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, arte povera, feminist art, photorealism, neo-expressionism, and postmodernism, as well as the contributions of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Lucio Fontana, Andy Warhol, Richard Serra, Donald Judd, Joseph Beuys, Christo, Anselm Kiefer, Judy Chicago, Ai Weiwei, and Jeff Koons.
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art contains a chronology, an introduction, and
an extensive bibliography, including more than 900 cross-referenced entries on
important artists, styles, terms, and movements.This book is an excellent resource
for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about contemporary art.
The Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art illuminates important artists, styles, and movements of the past 70 years. Beginning with the immediate post-World War II period, it encompasses earlier 20th century masters, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Jean Dubuffet, Stuart Davis, Georgia O’Keeffe, and other well-known figures, who remained creatively productive, while also inspiring younger generations. The book covers subsequent developments, including abstract expressionism, happenings, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, arte povera, feminist art, photorealism, neo-expressionism, and postmodernism, as well as the contributions of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Lucio Fontana, Andy Warhol, Richard Serra, Donald Judd, Joseph Beuys, Christo, Anselm Kiefer, Judy Chicago, Ai Weiwei, and Jeff Koons.
Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art contains a chronology, an introduction, and
an extensive bibliography, including more than 900 cross-referenced entries on
important artists, styles, terms, and movements.This book is an excellent resource
for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about contemporary art.
Ann Lee Morgan is an independent scholar who holds a Ph.D. degree in art history. She has written extensively on American, modern, and contemporary art. Her publications include The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists and Arthur Dove: Art and Life, with a Catalogue Raisonné.
Editor’s Foreword
Preface
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Bibliography
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.12.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 1021 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781442276673 / 9781442276673 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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