Imagining the Present - Context, Content, and the Role of the Critic

Informationen zum Autor Richard Kalina is a painter, critic, and Professor of Art at Fordham University in New York. He is a Contributing Editor at Art in America. He writes on Pop Art, Minimalism and Postminimalism, Conceptual Art, Abstract Expressionism, and issues relating to contemporary abstraction Klappentext Bringing together twenty-nine of Lawrence Alloway's most influential essays in one volume, this fascinating collection provides valuable perspectives on the art and visual culture of the second half of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Bringing together twenty-nine of Lawrence Alloway's most influential essays in one volume, this fascinating collection provides valuable perspectives on the art and visual culture of the second half of the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Saul Ostrow Commentary Richard Kalina 1. Quick Symbols 2. Technology and Sex in Science Fiction: A Note on Cover Art 3. Design as a Human Activity 4. Personal Statement 5. The Arts and the Mass Media 6. The Long Front of Culture 7. City Notes 8. Artists as Consumers 9. Junk Culture 10. Pop Art since 1949 11. Six Painters and the Object 12. The American Sublime 13. The Critic and the Visual Arts 14. Art and the Communications Network 15. Systemic Painting 16. Art and the Expanding Audience 17. Pop Art: The Words 18. The Spectrum of Monochrome 19. Position Paper 20. Anthropology and Art Criticism 21. Systems of Cross-Reference in the Arts: On Translation 22. On Style. An Examination of Roy Lichtenstein's Development, Despite a New Monograph on the Artist 23. Photo-Realism 24. The Function of the Art Critic 25. Artists as Writers, Part One: Inside Information 26. Realism as a Problem 27. De Kooning: Criticism and Art History 28. The Complex Present 29. Problems of Iconography and Style

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lawrence Alloway, Richard Kalina, Richard (Fordham University Kalina
• Mitarbeit: Richard Kalina (Herausgeber), Richard (Fordham University Kalina (Herausgeber), Kalina Richard (Herausgeber), Saul Ostrow (Herausgeber), Saul Ostrow (Herausgeber der Reihe)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.02.2006
• EAN: 9780415391672
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39167-2
• Seiten: 328
• Serien: Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture; Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Allgemeines, Lexika; The arts: general issues, ART / General, The arts: general topics