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from: University of California Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.04
EAN: 9780520202535
ISBN: 0520202538
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1003
Publication Date: April 18, 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Studio: University of California Press
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Product Description:
Ambitious and interdiscipinary, this long-awaited collaboration is a landmark presentation of the writings of contemporary artists. These influential essays, interviews, and critical and theoretical comments provide bold and fertile insights into the construction of visual knowledge. 111 illustrations.
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This book is a good example of where "more would be less." The book is quite long but the quoted material for each artist is well selected and woven into a bigger picture. I have found it interesting to read what many different artists considered important at approximately the same time. If as some have mentioned here the editors had included more material for each individual artists this bigger picture could easily be lost. This book has become an important part of my art library as is. ... Read More
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This book has some great writings from both critics and artists. I would recommend this to an artist, especially if you're looking for some direction. Helpful information from some of the best.
Some of the articles are a bit hard to read but I found many of them to be excellent reads.
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Although the list of artists is impressive, the entries by each are often so short that no coherent thought surfaces. It takes a very skilled interviewer or fantastic didactic vision on the part of the artist to arrive at a genuinely insightful piece of writing, like "On Art" by Rodin [excellent]. Also fairly good are David Sylvester's interviews of Bacon and others.
Many of the entries in this book are meant to actually BE THE ART. Such writings can be interesting, but often fail, ... Read More
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I 'think' the book is great, i 'say' this because until today i still haven't receive it the book. What i'm so p*** off it is the shipping duration. I've paid a hefty sum to buy some of my books here, but i mean the service (shipping) is so crappy. It's high time Amazon stepped up their service! If any of the management tend to read this, please, please, please, please, please do something about this! Its about a month now but i still haven't received my first (book) order!!!!!!!
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I had to buy this in college and it was torture for homework assignments. However, it is now enjoying a second life as the most useful text I have as an art teacher. (Aside from my art history books of course.)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 709.04
EAN: 9780520202535
ISBN: 0520202538
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1003
Publication Date: April 18, 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Studio: University of California Press