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Author |
: David Cottington |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 153 |
Release |
: 2013-01-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199582730 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199582734 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Avant Garde: A Very Short Introduction by : David Cottington
For over a hundred years 'the avant-garde' has been the most influential concept in modern art; its impact on the history of modern culture has been profound. In this Very Short Introduction, David Cottington explores why the avant-garde carries so much authority, and places it within the context of western modernity and capitalist culture.
Author |
: David Cottington |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 169 |
Release |
: 2005-02-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191577826 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191577820 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction by : David Cottington
As public interest in modern art continues to grow, as witnessed by the spectacular success of Tate Modern and the Bilbao Guggenheim, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining its contemporary relevance and history. This book achieves all this and focuses on interrogating the idea of 'modern' art by asking such questions as: What has made a work of art qualify as modern (or fail to)? How has this selection been made? What is the relationship between modern and contemporary art? Is 'postmodernist' art no longer modern, or just no longer modernist - in either case, why, and what does this claim mean, both for art and the idea of 'the modern'? Cottington examines many key aspects of this subject, including the issue of controversy in modern art, from Manet's Dejeuner sur L'Herbe (1863) to Picasso's Les Demoiselles, and Tracey Emin's Bed, (1999); and the role of the dealer from the main Cubist art dealer Kahnweiler to Charles Saatchi. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author |
: Michael Wood |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 153 |
Release |
: 2012-01-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192803535 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192803530 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Film: A Very Short Introduction by : Michael Wood
Film is considered to be the dominant art form of the twentieth century. It can be considered many other things; a record of events, a modern mythology, a career, an industry, an art, a hobby, and much else. Michael Wood explores the history of film, its venture into the digital age, and its role and impact on modern society.
Author |
: Christopher Butler |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 137 |
Release |
: 2010-07-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192804419 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192804413 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modernism: A Very Short Introduction by : Christopher Butler
A compact introduction to modernism--why it began, what it is, and how it hasshaped virtually all aspects of 20th and 21st century life
Author |
: Stephen Eric Bronner |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 161 |
Release |
: 2017-09-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190692698 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190692693 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction by : Stephen Eric Bronner
Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose -- and, if at all possible, cure -- the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and Jurgen Habermas) as well as many of its seminal texts and empirical investigations. This Very Short Introduction sheds light on the cluster of concepts and themes that set critical theory apart from its more traditional philosophical competitors. Bronner explains and discusses concepts such as method and agency, alienation and reification, the culture industry and repressive tolerance, non-identity and utopia. He argues for the introduction of new categories and perspectives for illuminating the obstacles to progressive change and focusing upon hidden transformative possibilities. In this newly updated second edition, Bronner targets new academic interests, broadens his argument, and adapts it to a global society amid the resurgence of right-wing politics and neo-fascist movements.
Author |
: David Cottington |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 169 |
Release |
: 2005-02-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192803641 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192803646 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction by : David Cottington
As public interest in modern art continues to grow, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining its contemporary relevance and its history. This book does just that.
Author |
: Stephen Mumford |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 129 |
Release |
: 2012-08-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199657124 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199657122 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction by : Stephen Mumford
An introduction to metaphysics offers questions and answers covering such issues as properties, changes, time, personal identity, nothingness, and consciousness.
Author |
: Andrew Ballantyne |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 2002-08-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191579219 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191579211 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by : Andrew Ballantyne
This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism of the recent avant garde. Illustrations of particular buildings help to anchor the general points with specific examples, from ancient Egypt to the present day. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author |
: David Hopkins |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2004-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191577697 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191577693 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dada and Surrealism: A Very Short Introduction by : David Hopkins
The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding these movements: the Marquis de Sade's Surrealist deification, issues of quality (How good is Dali?), the idea of the 'readymade', attitudes towards the city, the impact of Freud, attitudes to women, fetishism, and primitivism. The international nature of these movements is examined, covering the cities of Zurich, New York, Berlin, Cologne, Barcelona, Paris, London, and recenlty discovered examples in Eastern Europe. Hopkins explores the huge range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism (collage, painting, found objects, performance art, photography, film) , whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. He also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the Surrealists' return to the fetishized/eroticized body. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author |
: Frank Close |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 177 |
Release |
: 2009-06-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199225866 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199225869 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nothing: A Very Short Introduction by : Frank Close
What is 'the void'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - 'nothing' - exist? This text explores the science & history of the elusive void - from Aristotle's theories to black holes & quantum particles, & why our very latest discoveries about the vacuum can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos.