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A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945

A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945 Paperback / softback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Amelia Jones

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Paperback / softback. New. * Features a grand survey of the historical, social, and aesthetic issues relevant to the development of contemporary art since 1945. * Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field.
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  • Title A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945
  • Author Amelia Jones
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 656
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Massachusetts
  • Date 2006-05-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9781405135429
  • ISBN 9781405135429 / 1405135425
  • Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.7 x 9.6 x 1.5 in (17.02 x 24.38 x 3.81 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress subjects Art, Modern - 20th century - History, Art, Modern - 21st century - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005034704
  • Dewey Decimal Code 709.045

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the rear cover

This ambitious reference work charts the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political, and aesthetic issues in contemporary art since 1945, primarily in the Euro-American context.

Dual chronological and thematic coverage of the major issues enables the reader to engage with multiple perspectives on current art movements and conceptual issues, and to consider future directions in the field. Topics covered include culture wars, public space, diaspora, new technologies, the artist, identity politics, the body, poststructuralism, and visual culture. The Companion also covers debates central to contemporary art practice and theory such as those addressing formalism, the avant-garde, and the society of the spectacle.

Bringing together leading cultural critics and scholars from art history and allied fields to comment on the crucial historical and theoretical issues and debates that have conditioned our understanding of the contemporary visual arts, this volume offers new approaches toward the analysis of the visual arts in general. A stellar reference work, it is written for students and scholars of contemporary visual culture, art history, and visual theory, as well as the general reader interested in the development of this interdisciplinary field.

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2006, Page 258

About the author

Amelia Jones is Pilkington Professor in the History of Art at the University of Manchester. She has curated many exhibitions and is the author of Postmodernism and the En-Gendering of Marcel Duchamp (1994), Body Art/Performing the Subject (1998), and Irrational Modernism: A Neurasthenic History of New York Dada (2004).

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