Geneses of Postmodern Art - Technology As Iconology

Postmodernism in the visual arts is not just another 'ism.' To explain why, Paul Crowther investigates topics such as eclecticism, the sublime, deconstruction in art and philosophy, and Paolozzi's Wittgenstein-inspired works.

List of contents

Introduction: Technology As Iconology
Chapter 1 - Contingent Objects, Permanent Eclecticism
Chapter 2 - The Eclectic Range of Postmodern Art
Chapter 3 - Space, Power, and Complexity: The Modern and Postmodern Sublimes
Chapter 4 - Deconstruction in Art and Philosophy
Chapter 5 - Subconscious Circuitry: Paolozzi's Wittgenstein and the Signs of Postmodernism
Chapter 6 - Post-Postmodernism?

About the author

Paul Crowther is Professor of Philosophy at Alma Mater Europaea - Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis in Slovenia.

Summary

Postmodernism in the visual arts is not just another 'ism.' To explain why, Paul Crowther investigates topics such as eclecticism, the sublime, deconstruction in art and philosophy, and Paolozzi's Wittgenstein-inspired works.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Crowther, Crowther Paul
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032929811
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92981-1
• No. of pages: 182
• Weight: 380 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Photography & photographs, ART / History / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ART / Digital, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, Postmodernism, Technology: general issues, History of Art, Philosophy: aesthetics, Art & Design Styles: Postmodernism, Photography and photographs