The art of looking : how to read modern and contemporary art
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465094660
- ISBN: 046509466X
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Physical Description:
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277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Section I: Fundamentals. Encountering art -- The living organism -- Hearts and minds -- Artists as storytellers -- Art is a lie -- Section II: Close encounters. Awakening: Balthus--The cat with a mirror I -- Sensing: Joan Mitchell--Two sunflowers -- Growing: Jean Arp--Growth -- Igniting: James Turrell--Perfectly clear -- Evolving: Paul Klee--Signs in yellow -- Interacting: Marina Abramović--The generator -- Journeying: Richard Serra--torqued spirals and ellipses at Dia:Beacon -- Goading: Robert Gober--Untitled leg -- Alchemizing: Richard Tuttle--White Balloon with blue light -- Submerging: Jeremy Blake--The Winchester trilogy -- Looking further. |
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Subject: | Art, Modern Art appreciation |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | N 6490 .E87 2018 | 30775305542129 | General Collection | Available | - |
The Art of Looking : How to Read Modern and Contemporary Art
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The Art of Looking : How to Read Modern and Contemporary Art
Lance Esplund is an art critic for the Wall Street Journal. Trained as a painter, he has taught at the Parsons School for Design and the New York Studio School. His essays have appeared in Art in America, Harper's, and The New Republic among others. Esplund lives in Milton, Pennsylvania, and Brooklyn, New York.