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An intelligent person's guide to modern culture / by Scruton, Roger.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-168) and index.What is culture? -- Culture and cult -- Enlightenment -- The aesthetic gaze -- Romanticism -- Fantasy, imagination and the salesman -- Modernism -- Avant-garde and kitsch -- Surface and surfeit -- Yoofanasia -- Idle hands -- The devil's work -- Conclusions."Received by the British press with equal acclaim and indignation, this book sets out to define and defend high culture against the world of pop, corn, and popcorn. It shows just why culture matters in an age without faith, and gives an extended argument, drawing on philosophy, criticism, and anthropology, against the "post-modernist" world-view. Scruton offers a penetrating attack on deconstruction, on Foucault, on Nietzschean self-indulgence, and on the "culture of repudiation" which has infected the modern academy. But his book is not only negative. It is a celebration of the true heroes of modern culture and a call to the higher life."."The American edition of this famous and notorious work has been revised to take account of the controversy which it has inspired, and contains new material specially directed to Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Culture.; Arts, Modern.; Civilization, Modern; Popular culture.;
© 2000., St. Augustine's Press,
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The Grove dictionary of art. by Turner, Jane Shoaf.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Art, French; Art, Modern; Artists;
© 2000., St. Martin's Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Math + art = fun : activities for discovering mathematical magic in modern art / by Ward, Robin A.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147) and index.
Subjects: Art in mathematics education.; Mathematics;
© c2011., Bright Sky Press,
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Look at this if you love great art : a critical curation of 100 essential artworks / by Ashby, Chloë,author.;
Oh, what a feeling! -- You can leave your hat on -- Pushing the boundaries -- Gods and mythical creatures -- Troubled dreams -- Out of the ordinary -- To the barricades -- Natural wonders -- The balance of power -- Change of scene."Look At This If You Love Great Art is a must read for anyone with a passion for exceptional art. Featuring 100 of the best artworks ever produced, inside is a collection of insightful summaries on just what it is that makes each one so vital. Art writer Chloë Ashby talks you through the pieces that resonate with her, revealing the fascinating stories behind them and offering her considered take on why each work should be regarded as a pinnacle of artistic endeavour. With entries curated to offer a unique juxtaposition of styles, mediums and schools of art, expect a contemporary take on classic artworks, where titans of art history cross paths with under-appreciated examples from outside the traditional canon, and where rebellious visionaries blaze trails that still influence today's cutting-edge artists. Covering all the most important genres of art -Abstraction, Pop Art, Surrealism, Renaissance art, Impressionism and more - this engaging summary only deals with artworks that really matter and the reasons why you have to see them." --
Subjects: Art; Picture interpretation.; Art appreciation.; Painting; Sculpture; Art, Modern; Art movements.; Art and society.;
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Bohemian Paris : Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the birth of modern art / by Franck, Dan.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [418]-422) and index.
Subjects: Artists; Bohemianism; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2001., Grove Press,
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Art travel guide : must-see contemporary art sites across the USA / by Terwilliger, Connie.;
This guide contains listings of over 120 contemporary art sites across the United States, with over 100 full-color photographs--art listings rarely found in other travel guides. If you are an art lover, art-curious, or a museumgoer, you'll want to plan future vacations around the places you learn about in this guidebook; a state index is provided.--From publisher description.Sculpture parks : Storm King Art Center ; Grounds for Sculpture ; Olympic Sculpture Park ; Laumeier Sculpture Park ; deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum ; Kuenz Sculpture Park ; Socrates Sculpture Park ; Sculpture Center ; Benson Sculpture Garden ; LongHouse Reserve ; Oliver Ranch ; Donald Kendall Sculpture Garden ; D'Jerssi Resident Artists ; Fields Sculpture Park ; Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden ; Frederick Miejer Gardens & Sculpture Park ; Nasher Sculpture Center ; Franconia Sculpture Park ; Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park -- Events : Pageant of the Masters ; Hunters Point Open Studios ; Art Cars ; Kinetic Art Races ; Recycled Art ; Burning Man ; Canstruction -- Museums : Goss-Michael Foundation ; Chinati ; Dia:Beacon ; Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art ; The Noguchi Museum ; Rubell Family Collection ; City Museum ; PS 1 ; Fisher Landau Center for Art ; The Warhol ; Dalí Museum ; American Visionary Art Museum ; CIFO Art Space ; MASSMoCA ; Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation ; John Michael Kohler Arts Center ; The Phillips Collection ; Kreeger Museum ; Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts ; Sioux City Art Center ; SITE Santa Fe ; Di Rosa ; Intuit: Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art ; Smart Museum of Art ; Nelson-Atkins Museum ; The Mattress Factory ; Hess Collection ; Bechtler Museum of Modern Art --Visionary sites : Watts Towers ; Forrestiere Underground ; Paradise Gardens ; Coral Castle ; Forevertron ; Garden of Eden ; Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden ; Salvation Mountain ; Dickeyville Grotto ; Wisconsin Concrete Park ; Wave Organ ; Cadillac Ranch ; Carhenge -- College art venues : University of Minnesota ; University of Washington ; University of Oregon ; Duke University ; Yale ; Stanford ; UC San Diego ; Pepperdine University ; Arizona State University ; UC Berkeley ; Appalachian State University ; UCLA ; MIT ; Florida International University -- Art centers : Creative Growth Art Center ; Torpedo Factory Art Center ; Grassroots Art Center ; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts -- Architects : Frank Lloyd Wright ; Paolo Soleri ; Frank Gehry ; Rem Koolhaas ; Santiago Calatrava ; Brian Goggin ; Philip Johnson -- Churches : Thorncrown Chapel ; Our Lady of the Angels ; Skyspace -- Earth art : Double Negative ; Lightning Field -- Art media : Glass ; Clay ; Plein air ; Murals ; Mosaics ; Chalk -- Sculpture events : Snow and ice sculpture ; Sand sculpture -- Hotels and restaurants : Edgefield ; 21c Museum Hotel ; Sleep Wright ; House of Blues.
Subjects: Arts, American.; Art, Modern;
© c2012., ArtNetwork,
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The reckoning : women artists of the new millennium / by Heartney, Eleanor,1954-; Posner, Helaine,author.; Princenthal, Nancy,author.; Scott, Sue(Sue A.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-248) and index.Bad girls : essay / by Eleanor Heartney. Ghada Amer ; Cecily Brown ; Tracey Emin ; Katarzyna Kozyra ; Wangechi Mutu ; Mika Rottenberg -- Spellbound : essay / by Nancy Princenthal. Janine Antoni ; Cao Fei ; Nathalie Djurberg ; Pipilotti Rist ; Jane & Louise Wilson ; Lisa Yuskavage -- Domestic disturbances : essay / by Sue Scott. Kate Gilmore ; Justine Kurland ; Klara Liden ; Liza Lou ; Catherine Opie ; Andrea Zittel -- History lessons : essay / by Helaine Posner. Yael Bartana ; Tania Bruguera ; Sharon Hayes ; Teresa Margolles ; Julie Mehretu ; Kara Walker."In After the Revolution, the authors concluded that 'The battles may not all have been won ... but barricades are gradually coming down, and work proceeds on all fronts in glorious profusion.' Now, with The Reckoning, authors Heartney, Posner, Princenthal, and Scott bring into focus the accomplishments of 24 acclaimed international women artists born since 1960 who have benefited from the groundbreaking efforts of their predecessors. The book is organized in four thematic sections: 'Bad Girls' profiles artists whose work represents an assault on conventional notions of gender and racial difference. 'History Lessons' offers reflections on the self in the context of history and globalization. 'Spellbound' focuses on women's embrace of the irrational, subjective, and surreal, while 'Domestic Disturbances' takes on women's conflicted relationship to home, family, and security. Written in lively prose and fully illustrated throughout, this book gives an informed account of the wonderful diversity of recent contemporary art by women"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Women artists; Feminism and art; Art, Modern;
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Art of the postmodern era : from the late 1960s to the early 1990s / by Sandler, Irving,1925-;
Bibliography: p. 557-616.
Subjects: Art, American; Art, European; Art, Modern; Postmodernism; Art, Modern; Postmodernism;
© c1996., IconEditions,
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Encounters : new art from old / by Morphet, Richard.; Rosenblum, Robert.; Bumpus, Judith.; National Gallery (Great Britain);
Includes bibliographical references.Frank Auerbach -- Balthus -- Louise Bourgeois -- Anthony Caro -- Patrick Caulfield -- Francesco Clemente -- Stephen Cox -- Ian Hamilton Finlay -- Lucian Freud -- Richard Hamilton -- David Hockney -- Howard Hodgkin -- Jasper Johns -- Anselm Kiefer -- R.B. Kitaj -- Leon Kossoff -- Christopher Le Brun -- Claes Oldenburg + Coosje Van Bruggen -- Paula Rego -- Antoni TaÌpies -- Cy Twombly -- Euan Uglow -- Bill Viola -- Jeff Wall.
Subjects: Appropriation (Art); Arts, Modern; National Gallery (Great Britain);
© c2000., National Gallery Co.,
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Impressionism : 50 paintings you should know / by Engelmann, Ines.;
Includes bibliographical references.Fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries are gorgeously reproduced, including the best of Monet, Degas, van Gogh, Renoir, Cezanne, Cassatt, Manet, Seurat, and Pisarro. Each piece is given a brief overview establishing its place in the Impressionist pantheon as well as in its artist's oeuvre. An introductory text explains the Impressionistic style, tracing the movement's development, while an appendix offers biographies of the artists.--From amazon.com
Subjects: Impressionism (Art); Impressionist artists.; Painting, Modern;
© c2007., Prestel,
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