Art in Theory 1900 - 2000

An Anthology of Changing Ideas
Ed. by Charles Harrison and Paul Wood

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This popular anthology of twentieth-century art theoretical texts has now been expanded to take account of new research, and to include significant contributions to art theory from the 1990s.

New edition of this popular anthology of twentieth-century art-theoretical texts.
Now updated to include the results of new research, together with significant contributions from the 1990s.
Includes writings by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures.
The editors provide contextual introductions to 340 texts.
Complements Art in Theory 1648-1815 and Art in Theory 1815-1900 to create a complete survey of the theories underpinning the development of art in the modern period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 2nd Edition
• Seitenzahl: 1296
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2002
• Abmessung: 248mm x 169mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 1634g
• ISBN-13: 9780631227083
• ISBN-10: 0631227083
• Artikelnr.: 13349344

Autorenporträt

Charles Harrison is Professor of History and Theory of Art and Staff Tutor in Arts at the Open University. He is the author of numerous books on modern art criticism and art theory. Paul Wood is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the Open University. He is co-editor, with Charles Harrison and Jason Gaiger, of Art in Theory 1648-1815 (2001) and Art in Theory 1815-1900 (1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements. A Note on the Presentation and Editing of
Texts. General Introduction. Part I: The Legacy of Symbolism. Part II: The
Idea of the Modern World. Part III: Rationalization and Transformation.
Part IV: Freedom, Responsibility and Power. Part V: The Individual and the
Social. Part VI: The Moment of Modernism. Part VII: Institutions and
Objections. Part VIII: Ideas of the Postmodern. Bibliography. Copyright
Acknowledgements. Index.

Rezensionen

"Occasionally one comes across a book that is at once compelling and frightening, a book that excites and disorientates, a book with intimations of the sublime. Art in Theory is such a book. An indispensable source book." (Arlis News-Sheet)