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Modern art : a very short introduction / by Cottington, David.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-146) and index.Introduction: modern art: monument or mockery? -- Tracking the avant-garde -- Modern media, modern messages -- From Picasso to pop idols: the eminence of the artist -- Alchemical practices: modern art and consumerism -- Past the post: whatever next?Cottingham 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). He also looks at the role of the dealer from the main Cubist art dealer Kahnweiler, to Charles Saatchi.-publisher description.
Subjects: Art, Modern; Art, Modern;
© ©2005., Oxford University Press,
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After modern art, 1945-2017 / by Hopkins, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Description based on print version record.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Art, American; Art, European;
On-line resources: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kirtland-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5430327 -- Available online. Click here to access.;
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The art of looking : how to read modern and contemporary art / by Esplund, Lance.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index.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."The landscape of contemporary art has changed dramatically during the last hundred years: from Malevich's 1915 painting of a single black square and Duchamp's 1917 signed porcelain urinal to Jackson Pollock's midcentury "drip" paintings; Chris Burden's "Shoot" (1971), in which the artist was voluntarily shot in the arm with a rifle; Urs Fischer's "You" (2007), a giant hole dug in the floor of a New York gallery; and the conceptual and performance art of today's Ai Weiwei and Marina Abramovic. The shifts have left the art-viewing public (understandably) perplexed. In The Art of Looking, renowned art critic Lance Esplund demonstrates that works of modern and contemporary art are not as indecipherable as they might seem. With patience, insight, and wit, Esplund guides us through the last century of art and empowers us to approach and appreciate it with new eyes. Eager to democratize genres that can feel inaccessible, Esplund encourages viewers to trust their own taste, guts, and common sense. The Art of Looking will open the eyes of viewers who think that recent art is obtuse, nonsensical, and irrelevant, as well as the eyes of those who believe that the art of the past has nothing to say to our present." -- Publisher's description
Subjects: Art, Modern.; Art appreciation.;
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Cubism / by Ganteführer-Trier, Anne.; Grosenick, Uta,editor.;
A new cognitive order? -- Georges Braque -- Robert Delaunay -- Raymond Duchamp-Villon -- Henri Le Fauconnier -- Albert Gleizes -- Juan Gris -- Fernand Leger -- Jean Metzinger -- Pablo Picasso. This book presents the prime protagonists of Cubism, with work from artists including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Leger, Juan Gris, Albert Gleizes, and Robert Delaunay.
Subjects: Cubism.; Art, Modern;
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50 contemporary artists you should know / by Finger, Brad.; Weidemann, Christiane.;
Cy Twombly -- Gerhard Richter -- David Hockney -- Bruce Nauman -- Anselm Kiefer -- Barbara Kruger -- Paul McCarthy -- Jeff Wall -- Richard Prince -- Jenny Holzer -- Bill Viola -- Mona Hatoum -- Marlene Dumas -- Nan Goldin -- Sophie Calle -- Anish Kapoor -- Robert Gober -- Mike Kelley -- Cindy Sherman -- William Kentridge -- Jeff Koons -- Andreas Gursky -- Ai Weiwei -- Shirin Neshat -- Peter Doig -- Neo Rauch -- Raymond Pettibon -- Maurizio Cattelan -- Tracey Moffatt -- Takashi Murakami -- Pipilotti Rist -- Gabriel Orozco -- Tracey Emin -- Rachel Whiteread -- Zhang Huan -- Elizabeth Peyton -- Damien Hirst -- Jake & Dinos Chapman -- Olafur Eliasson -- Mariko Mori -- Sam Taylor-Wood -- Tal R -- Matthew Barney -- Wolfgang Tillmans -- Chris Ofili -- Doug Aitken -- Gregor Schneider -- Kara Walker -- Anselm Reyle -- Jonathan Meese.This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after World War II faced a confounding array of challenges, as stylistic barriers were broken, technology advanced, and issues of sexuality and race came to the forefront.
Subjects: Artists; Art, Modern; Art, Modern;
© ©2011., Prestel,
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After the revolution : women who transformed contemporary art / by Heartney, Eleanor,1954-; Posner, Helaine,author.; Princenthal, Nancy,author.; Scott, Sue(Sue A.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.Now available in a revised and fully updated edition, this book examines the rise of women artists in the late 20th century, viewed through the work of 12 key figures. "Why have there been no great women artists?" asked the prominent art historian Linda Nochlin in an intentionally provocative 1971 essay. In this book, four prominent critics and curators describe the strides made by women artists since the advent of the feminist movement and assess the changes that have occurred in their critical reception, commercial appeal, and institutional support. Following a comprehensive essay that looks back at the recent history of women artists, the authors examine the careers of an international selection of artists--Marina Abramović, Louise Bourgeois, Ellen Gallagher, Ann Hamilton, Jenny Holzer, Elizabeth Murray, Shirin Neshat, Judy Pfaff, Dana Schutz, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Nancy Spero--considering each figure's accomplishments and her influence on contemporaries and younger artists.
Subjects: Women artists.; Art, Modern;
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Lives of the great modern artists / by Lucie-Smith, Edward.; Lucie-Smith, Edward.Lives of the great 20th-century artists.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-364) and index.Evokes the lives of some of the great artists while guiding the reader through the maze of different styles and movements.
Subjects: Artists; Art, Modern; Art, Modern;
© 2009., Thames & Hudson,
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War and art : a visual history of modern conflict / by Bourke, Joanna,editor.;
In times of crisis, we often turn to artists for truth-telling and memory-keeping. There is no greater crisis than war, and in this sumptuously illustrated volume, we find a comprehensive visual, cultural, and historical account of the ways in which armed conflict has been represented by artists. Covering the last two centuries, from the Crimean War to the present day, the book shows how the artistic portrayal of war has changed, from a celebration of heroic exploits to a more modern, troubled, and perhaps truthful depiction of warfare and its consequences. The book investigates broad patterns as well as specific genres and themes of war art, and features more than 400 color illustrations by artists including Paul Nash, Judy Chicago, Pablo Picasso, Melanie Friend, Marc Chagall, Francis Bacon, Käthe Kollwitz, Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg, Dora Meeson, Otto Dix, and many others. The volume also highlights the work of often overlooked artists, including children, non-Europeans, and prisoners of war. A wide range of subjects, from front-line combat to behind-the-lines wartime experiences are represented in paintings, etchings, photography, film, digital art, comics, and graffiti.Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-369) and index.Introduction / Joanna Bourke -- Histories. -- War imagery between the Crimean Campaign and 1914 / Sergiusz Michalski -- The two world wars / Monica Bohm-Duchen -- In the heat of the Cold War, 1945-77 / Sarah Wilson -- Contemporary war; contemporary art / Sue Malvern -- Genres. -- Propaganda, art and war / Jo Fox -- War and film / James Chapman -- Trench art: objects and people in conflict / Nicholas J. Saunders -- Visions of the apocalypse: documenting the hidden artwork of abandoned Cold War bases / John Schofield -- Artists. -- Kiyochika's last laughs: satirical war prints from the first Sino-Japanese (1894-5) and Russo-Japanese (1904-5) Wars / John D. Szostak -- 'In front of me is the war, and I battle with it with all my strength': the wars of Vasili Vereschagin and Natalia Goncharova / Anna Pilkington -- 'The most gruesome picture ever wanted': Otto Dix and the Truth of War / Gary Haines -- Käthe Kollwitz and the art of war / Jay Winter -- 'A concentrated utterance of total war': Paul Nash, C.R.W. Nevinson and the Great War / Paul Gough -- I do (not) challenge: Nancy Spero's War series / Jon Bird -- 'My name is David and I will be your war artist for the day': David Cotterrell shoots a video / Michael Corris -- Contexts. -- Drawn in blood and bone: the art of captives of war / Clare Makepeace -- The crayon war: how children drew the Great War / Manon Pignot -- Rape in the art of war / Joanna Bourke -- Video games, war and operational aesthetics / Patrick Crogan -- Art against war / Grace Brockington.
Subjects: War in art.; Art and war.; Art, Modern;
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The big picture : contemporary art in 10 works by 10 artists / by Israel, Matthew(Matthew Winer).;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1999, Andreas Gursky, Rhine II -- 2003, Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project -- 2004, Rachel Harrison, Huffy Howler -- 2005, Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps -- 2008, Vik Muniz, Marat (Sebastião) -- 2009, Ai Weiwei, Remembering -- 2009, Ryan Trecartin, P.opular S.ky (section ish) -- 2010, Marina Abramović, The Artist Is Present -- 2012, Tauba Auerbach, Untitled (Fold) -- 2014, Kara Walker, A Subtlety.Written in an engaging, straightforward style by prominent art historian Matthew Israel, this book presents ten outstanding examples of contemporary art, each with significant historical or cultural relevance to contemporary art's big picture. Drawn from the fields of photography, painting, performance, installation, video, film, and public art, the works featured here combine to create a bigger picture of the state of contemporary art today. From Andreas Gursky's large-scale color photograph 'Rhine II' to Kara Walker's acclaimed installation in the Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn, each work is carefully explored within the larger perspective of its social and artistic milieu. Articulate and insightful, this book offers readers the ability to consider each work in-depth, while also providing an easily digestible foundation from which to study the often challenging but continually fascinating world of 21st-century art.
Subjects: Art, Modern; Art and society;
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Art of the 20th century / by Ruhrberg, Karl.; Walther, Ingo F.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Vol. 1. Painting / by Karl Ruhrberg -- Vol. 2. Sculpture / by Manfred Schneckenburger. New media / by Christiane Fricke. Photography / by Klaus Honnef. Lexicon of artists / by Ingo F. Walther.
Subjects: Art, Modern; Artists;
© c1998., Taschen,
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