Practices of abstract art : between anarchism and appropriation /
Recent decades have seen a renewed interest in the phenomenon of abstract art, particularly regarding its ability to speak to the political, social and cultural conditions of our times. This collection of essays, which looks at historical examples of artistic practice from the early pioneers of abst...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2016.
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| Summary: | Recent decades have seen a renewed interest in the phenomenon of abstract art, particularly regarding its ability to speak to the political, social and cultural conditions of our times. This collection of essays, which looks at historical examples of artistic practice from the early pioneers of abstraction to late modernism, investigates the ambivalent role that abstraction has played in the visual arts and cultures of the last hundred years. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 301 pages, 21 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1443897345 9781443897341 |