| Art Versus Nonart: Art Out of Mind Contributor(s): Avital, Tsion (Author), Kuspit, Donald (Editor), Harries, John G. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0521824656 ISBN-13: 9780521824651 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $147.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: Tsion Avital poses the question: "Is modern art--art at all?" He argues that the nonrepresentational art produced in the twentieth century was not actually art, but rather the debris of the visual tradition it replaced. Modern art has thrived on the state of total confusion existing between art and pseudo-art and the inability of many to distinguish between them. As Avital demonstrates, modern art has served as a critical intermediate stage between art of the past and the future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Dewey: 709.040 |
| LCCN: 2002035071 |
| Series: Contemporary Artists and Their Critics |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 7.1" W x 10.22" (2.66 lbs) 462 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tsion Avital poses the question: Is modern art--art at all? He argues that the nonrepresentational art produced in the twentieth century was not actually art, but rather the debris of the visual tradition it replaced. Modern art has thrived on the state of total confusion existing between art and pseudo-art and the inability of many to distinguish between them. As Avital demonstrates, modern art has served as a critical intermediate stage between art of the past and the future. |
