Modern Art
A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN:
9780192803641
Publication date:
17/03/2005
Paperback
168 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780192803641
Publication date:
17/03/2005
Paperback
168 pages
David Cottington
Much-needed, accessible approach that grapples clearly and provocatively with the complex idea of modern art,Cottington is the author of the best-selling book, Cubism,The book covers all main artists and movements, as well as the new developments in modern art,Examines key aspects of modern art using examples such as Manet's Dejeuner sur L'Herbe (1863) to Picasso's Les Demoiselles, and Tracey Emin's Bed (1999),Looks at the role of the art dealer, from the main Cubist dealer, Kahnweiler to Charles Saatchi
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David Cottington
Description
As public interest in modern art continues to grow, as witnessed by the spectacular success of Tate Modern and the Bilbao Guggenheim, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining its contemporary relevance and history. This book achieves all this and focuses on interrogating the idea of 'modern' art by asking such questions as: What has made a work of art qualify as modern (or fail to)? How has this selection been made? What is the relationship between modern and contemporary art? Is 'postmodernist' art no longer modern, or just no longer modernist - in
either case, why, and what does this claim mean, both for art and the idea of 'the modern'?
Cottington examines many key aspects of this subject, including the issue of controversy in modern art, from Manet's Dejeuner sur L'Herbe (1863) to Picasso's Les Demoiselles, and Tracey Emin's Bed, (1999); and the role of the dealer from the main Cubist art dealer Kahnweiler to Charles Saatchi.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts,
analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
David Cottington, Professor of History of Art at Falmouth College of ArtDavid Cottington
Table of contents
Introduction
Introduction: Modern Art: Monument or Mockery?
1:The formation of the Avant-Garde
2:New media, new messages
3:Somebody had to be Picasso: the artist as hero
4:High and Low: culture and consumerism
5:Past the post: whatever next?
David Cottington
Description
As public interest in modern art continues to grow, as witnessed by the spectacular success of Tate Modern and the Bilbao Guggenheim, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining its contemporary relevance and history. This book achieves all this and focuses on interrogating the idea of 'modern' art by asking such questions as: What has made a work of art qualify as modern (or fail to)? How has this selection been made? What is the relationship between modern and contemporary art? Is 'postmodernist' art no longer modern, or just no longer modernist - in
either case, why, and what does this claim mean, both for art and the idea of 'the modern'?
Cottington examines many key aspects of this subject, including the issue of controversy in modern art, from Manet's Dejeuner sur L'Herbe (1863) to Picasso's Les Demoiselles, and Tracey Emin's Bed, (1999); and the role of the dealer from the main Cubist art dealer Kahnweiler to Charles Saatchi.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts,
analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
David Cottington, Professor of History of Art at Falmouth College of ArtTable of contents
Introduction
Introduction: Modern Art: Monument or Mockery?
1:The formation of the Avant-Garde
2:New media, new messages
3:Somebody had to be Picasso: the artist as hero
4:High and Low: culture and consumerism
5:Past the post: whatever next?
Ashish Rajadhyaksha
Adam Sharr
David Cottington
Julian Stallabrass
Richard M. Eaton & Phillip B. Wagoner
Dana Arnold
Antoinette Burton
Beth Williamson
Giorgio Vasari, Julia Conaway Bondanella, Peter Bondanella
Paul Luna
