Art/Art History Books
- Thread starter Gavin
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those big ass volumes "art in theory" and "Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art", i would think are great conpendiums of writing organized in an easy to use fashion. i've read only parts of both, always meant to go from cover to cover but you know how it is...
mistersloane
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'ways of seeing' is a great book. For a history of modern art theory from the perspective of the artists - it's all manifestos and the like - I really like Charles Harrison's book
mainly cos the artists talk such blah in it. It's good in that it's sequential though so you can see who was nicking off of whom.
mainly cos the artists talk such blah in it. It's good in that it's sequential though so you can see who was nicking off of whom.
mistersloane
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haha simultaneous posting! funny!
jenks
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There's a good new general one out by Thames and Hudson - Mirror of the World: A New History of Art by Julian Bell.
Obviously lots of great monographs - Phaidon has done a great job on upping the ante on the quality of reproductions.
Though Hughes was great on Goya, Uglow on Hogarth, Schama on Rembrandt, Richardson on Picasso, lots of others as well nailing periods or individual artists. The aforementioned Berger on Picasso is also rather fine. I really liked Kathleen Raine on Blake as well.
Hope this is of some use.
Obviously lots of great monographs - Phaidon has done a great job on upping the ante on the quality of reproductions.
Though Hughes was great on Goya, Uglow on Hogarth, Schama on Rembrandt, Richardson on Picasso, lots of others as well nailing periods or individual artists. The aforementioned Berger on Picasso is also rather fine. I really liked Kathleen Raine on Blake as well.
Hope this is of some use.
Gavin
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Yes, very much so! I plan on consulting these suggestions throughout the quarter.
Gavin
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From ancient to modern. Heavier on modern.
mistersloane
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Another one if you're going down a modern modern route and into computer art gavin is this book, which is just totally brilliant - I know it seems to be about cinema but it isn't, it's about early developments in video art and computing and is just amazing
(zhao I think you'd really really like this if you don't know it already)
(zhao I think you'd really really like this if you don't know it already)
you
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great big overview thing, good for dipping into.
also for recent stuff check out the phaidon series of contemporary artists, also, Vitamin P and vitamin D are very good for painting and drawing ( all these are contemporary, current or very recent )..... or any of the cream books? These are all post YBA though ( actually most of the cont artists series aren,t ), I dunno, whats your idea of modern? PIcasso? mmmmm Art since 1900 is a great place to start- its goes on until after 2000
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Gavin
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Thanks for the recs. 'Modern' meaning European Renaissance on. Like, not ancient or medieval.
Would like some tips on Far Eastern and Islamic art, really weak in this area, and I think it'll be nice to balance out the relentless Eurocentrism of the textbook. And also explain all those weird Greek ideas that seem to spring spontaneously from the Aegean (wink @ zhao)!
Also, anything with a weird/contrarian take on the old stuff, I've got a pretty good grasp of the "party line" (such as it is) on a lot of the big names. Also, stuff about the economics -- art market, patronage, MODE OF PRODUCTION, all that ish. Like I've been reading about the CIA funding the abstract expressionist movement, awesome stuff, would love to share that kind of stuff with a class.
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Also try "Inside the White Cube." Can't remember who wrote it but it's easy to find.
rosalind krause?
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