What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art

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Автор:Will Gompertz

Название:What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art

Издательство:Plume

Год:2013

Формат:mobi

Размер:11.51 MB

Язык:Английский

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Every year, millions of museum and gallery visitors ponder the modern art on display and secretly ask themselves, "Is this art?" A former director at London's Tate Gallery and now the BBC arts editor, Will Gompertz made it his mission to bring modern art's exciting history alive for everyone, explaining why an unmade bed or a pickled shark can be art—and why a five-year-old couldn't really do it. Rich with extraordinary tales and anecdotes, What Are You Looking At? entertains as it arms readers with the knowledge to truly understand and enjoy what it is they’re looking at.

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Preface

Introduction: What Are You Looking At?

1.The Fountain, 1917

2.Pre-Impressionism: Getting Real, 1820–70

3.Impressionism: Painters of Modern Life,1870–90

4.Post-Impressionism: Branching Out, 1880–1906

5.Cézanne: The Father of Us All, 1839–1906

6.Primitivism, 1880–1930 / Fauvism, 1905–1091 Primal Scream

7.Cubism: Another Point of View, 1907–14

8.Futurism: Fast Forward, 1909–19

9.Kandinsky / Orphism / Blue Rider: The Sound of Music, 1910–14

10.Suprematism / Constructivism: The Russians, 1915–25

11.Neo-Plasticism: Gridlock, 1917–31

12.Bauhaus: School Reunion, 1919–33

13.Dadaism: Anarchy Rules, 1916–23

14.Surrealism: Living the Dream, 1924–45

15.Abstract Expressionism: The Grand Gesture, 1943–70

16.Pop Art: Retail Therapy, 1956–70

17.Conceptualism / Fluxus / Arte Povera / Performance Art: Mind Games, 1952 Onward

18.Minimalism: Untitled, 1960–75

19.Postmodernism: False Identity, 1970–89

20.Art Now: Fame and Fortune, 1988–2008–Today

Artworks by Location

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

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Index