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• Introduction 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 MODERNISATION 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 Bibliography Index.
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• Introduction. Part I: The Legacy of Symbolism:
• 1. Classicism and Originality.
• 2. Expression and the Primitive. Part II: The Idea of the Modern World:
• 3. Modernity.
• 4. Cubism. Part III: Rationalization and Transformation:
• 5. Neo-Classicism and the Call to Order.
• 6. Dissent and Disorder.
• 7. Abstraction and Form.
• 8. Utility and Construction. Part IV: Freedom, Responsibility and Power: 9 The Modern as Ideal.
• 10. Realism as Figuration.
• 11. Realism as Critique.
• 12. Modernism as Critique. Part V: The Individual and the Social:
• 13. The American Avant-Garde.
• 14. Individualism in Europe.
• 15. Art and Society. Part VI: Modernisation and Modernism:
• 16. Art and Modern Life.
• 17. Modernist Art. Part VII: Institutions and Objections:
• 18. Objecthood and Reductivism.
• 19. Attitudes to Form.
• 20. Political Aspects.
• 21. Critical Revisions. Part VIII: Ideas of the Postmodern:
• 22. The Condition of History.
• 23. The Critique of Originality.
• 24. Figures of Difference. Bibliography. Index.
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This is the first scholarly anthology exclusively devoted to the art and art-critical theory of the twentieth century. It is designed to equip the student and teacher with the necessary materials for an up-to-date understanding of twentieth-century art at a time when current debates about the status of Modernism have led to an increasing interest in critical and aesthetic theories, and to a questioning of some of the traditional assumptions and limits of art history. Besides the writings of the century's major artists, Art in Theory includes relevant texts by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures. It is organized into eight sections, from the legacy of Symbolism at the turn of the century to contemporary debates about the Postmodern. Each section is prefaced by a brief essay. There are introductions for all of the 300-plus texts, which serve to place theories and critical approaches in context. The result is both a comprehensive collection of documents on twentieth century art and an encyclopaedic history of relevant theory.
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Since it was first published in 1992, this book has become one of the leading anthologies of art theoretical texts in the English-speaking world. This expanded edition includes the fruits of recent research, involving a considerable amount of newly translated material from the entire period, together with additional texts from the last decades of the twentieth century.The features that made the first edition so successful have been retained:The volume provides comprehensive representation of the theories, which underpinned developments in the visual arts during the twentieth century.As well as writings by artists, the anthology includes texts by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures.The content is clearly structured into eight broadly chronological sections, starting with the legacy of symbolism and concluding with contemporary debates about the postmodern.The editors provide individual introductions to each of the 340 anthologised texts. Material new to this expanded edition includes texts on African art, on the Bauhaus and on the re-emergent avant-gardes of the period after the Second World War. Post-modernist debates are amplified by texts on gender, on installation and performance art, and on the increasing globalisation of culture.
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