Author: WOOD, PAUL; EDWARDS,STEVE (EDS)
Title: Art & visual culture, 1850-2010: modernity to globalisation / edited by Steve Edwards and Paul Wood
Description: [London] Milton Keynes: Tate Publishing ; Open University 2012. 1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; vii. 334 p.: illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. Notes; 'This publication forms part of the Open University module 'Exploring art and visual culture'. (A226)' -- Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Avant-garde and modern world: some aspects of art in Paris and beyond c.1850-1914 / Paul Wood -- Victorian Britain: from images of modernity to the modernity of images / Steve Edwards -- 'Cubism and abstract art' revisited / Paul Wood -- Modernism in architecture and design: function and aesthetic / Tim Benton -- Modernism and figuration / Brendan Prendeville -- From abstract expressionism to conceptual art: a survey of New York art c.1940-1970 / Michael Corris -- Border crossings: installations. locations and travelling artists / Gill Perry -- Global dissensus: art and contemporary capitalism / Gail Day and Steve Edwards. Summary; This is the third of three text books. published in association with the Open University. which offer an innovatory exploration of art and visual culture. Through carefully chosen themes and topics rather than through a general survey. the volumes approach the process of looking at works of art in terms of their audiences. functions and cross-cultural contexts. While focused on painting. sculpture and architecture. it also explores a wide range of visual culture in a variety of media and methods. '1850-2010: Modernity to Globalisation' includes essays which engage directly with topical issues around art and gender. globalisation. cultural difference and curating. as well as explorations of key canonical artists and movements and of some less well-documented work of contemporary artists. Subjects; Art. Modern - 19th century - History. Art. Modern - 20th century - History. Art. Modern - 21st century - History. Art and globalization. Art and Design. Art. European. History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -. ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945). ART / History / Contemporary (1945-). ART / Reference. Postmodernism; Modernism (Art). Weight in Kg appr.:

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