Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art (eBook)

Ann Lee Morgan (Autor)

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2016
570 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
9781442276680 (ISBN)

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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.

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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 Miro, 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, andan extensive bibliography, including more than 900 cross-referenced entries onimportant artists, styles, terms, and movements.This book is an excellent resourcefor students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about contemporary art.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

PrefaceChronologyIntroductionTHE DICTIONARYBibliographyAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.12.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• ISBN-13: 9781442276680 / 9781442276680