Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art

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Author: Ann Lee Morgan ISBN: 9781442276680
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: December 5, 2016
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: Ann Lee Morgan
ISBN: 9781442276680
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: December 5, 2016
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

The Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art illuminates important artists, styles, and movements of the past 70 years. Beginning with the immediate post-World War II period, it encompasses earlier 20th century masters, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Jean Dubuffet, Stuart Davis, Georgia O’Keeffe, and other well-known figures, who remained creatively productive, while also inspiring younger generations. The book covers subsequent developments, including abstract expressionism, happenings, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, arte povera, feminist art, photorealism, neo-expressionism, and postmodernism, as well as the contributions of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Lucio Fontana, Andy Warhol, Richard Serra, Donald Judd, Joseph Beuys, Christo, Anselm Kiefer, Judy Chicago, Ai Weiwei, and Jeff Koons.

Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art contains a chronology, an introduction, and
an extensive bibliography, including more than 900 cross-referenced entries on
important artists, styles, terms, and movements.This book is an excellent resource
for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about contemporary art.

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The Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art illuminates important artists, styles, and movements of the past 70 years. Beginning with the immediate post-World War II period, it encompasses earlier 20th century masters, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Jean Dubuffet, Stuart Davis, Georgia O’Keeffe, and other well-known figures, who remained creatively productive, while also inspiring younger generations. The book covers subsequent developments, including abstract expressionism, happenings, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, arte povera, feminist art, photorealism, neo-expressionism, and postmodernism, as well as the contributions of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Lucio Fontana, Andy Warhol, Richard Serra, Donald Judd, Joseph Beuys, Christo, Anselm Kiefer, Judy Chicago, Ai Weiwei, and Jeff Koons.

Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art contains a chronology, an introduction, and
an extensive bibliography, including more than 900 cross-referenced entries on
important artists, styles, terms, and movements.This book is an excellent resource
for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about contemporary art.

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