New Media in Late 20th-Century Art (World of Art) - Softcover

Michael Rush

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500203296 ISBN 13: 9780500203293

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 1999

Synopsis

Twentieth-century art has often been characterized as a sweeping break from the tradition of painting. All the major art movements, from Cubism and Dada to Performance and Installation, were initiated as reactions to the centuries-old tradition of representing the world visually in recognizable ways. New definitions of art and the countless ways in which art can be made and experienced now place the artist firmly at the center of the artistic enterprise. This intelligent survey traces the history of new media in art and includes discussions of video art, digital art, and media and performance by artists such as Nam June Paik, Vito Acconci, Marina Abramowic, Pipilotti Rist, and Bill Viola. Initiated by advances and inventions outside the world of art, technology-based art (which encompasses a wide range of practices from photography to film to video to virtual reality) has directed artists into areas once dominated by engineers and technicians.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Rush, a filmmaker and theater artist, writes for Art New England, Performing Arts Journal, and other publications.

From School Library Journal:

YA-Three excellent series titles. Contemporary African Art emphasizes the changes in the art of this continent in the last half of the 20th century. Maya Art examines the reasons behind the artwork and ways the buildings were constructed, incorporating new archaeological findings. They include recent deciphers of Mayan writing that provide understanding to the ceramics, sculpture, architecture, murals, and books. Amazingly, op art and pop art have become almost traditional. With chapters on performance art (Rauschenberg), video, digital, and virtual reality, New Media truly introduces the new wave. The paper in these compact books is of high quality, resulting in outstanding, almost platelike reproduction of the numerous color and black-and-white photos. The illustrations are fully captioned and they alone could justify purchase of these titles.
Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0500203296
• ISBN 13: 9780500203293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224