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Art in theory, 1900-1990 : an anthology of changing ideas /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Harrison, Charles, Wood, Paul
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1993.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • I. The Legacy of Symbolism. A. Classicism and Originality. B. Expression and the Primitive
  • II. The Idea of the Modern World. A. Modernity. B. Cubism
  • III. Rationalization and Transformation. A. Neo-Classicism and the Call to Order. B. Dissent and Disorder. C. Abstraction and Form. D. Utility and Construction
  • IV. Freedom, Responsibility and Power. A. The Modern as Ideal. B. Realism as Figuration. C. Realism as Critique. D. Modernism as Critique
  • V. The Individual and the Social. A. The American Avant-Garde. B. Individualism in Europe. C. Art and Society
  • VI. Modernization and Modernism. A. Art and Modern Life. B. Modernist Art
  • VII. Institutions and Objections. A. Objecthood and Reductivism. B. Attitudes to Form. C. Political Aspects. D. Critical Revisions
  • VIII. Ideas of the Postmodern. A. The Condition of History. B. The Critique of Originality. C. Figures of Difference.