Artspoke

Author : Robert Atkins
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995-12-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781558593886

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Artspoke by Robert Atkins Pdf

Chronicling international art from Realism through Surrealism, ArtSpoke explains such popular but often misunderstood movements and organizations as Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, the Salon, the Fauves, the Harlem Renaissance, and so on—as well as events ranging from the 1913 Armory Show to Brazil's little-known Semana de Arte Moderna. Concise explanations of potentially perplexing techniques, media, and philosophies of art making-including automatism, calotype, found object, Pictorialism, and Readymade-provide information essential to understanding how artists of this era worked and why the results look the way they do. Entries on concepts that were crucial to the development of modern art—such as androgyny, dandyism, femme fatale, spiritualism, and many others—distinguish this lively guide from any other art dictionary on the market. Also unique to this volume is the ArtChart, a handy one-page chronological diagram of the groups discussed in the book. In addition, there is a scene-setting timeline of world history and art history from 1848 to 1944, overflowing with invaluable information and illustrated with twenty-four color reproductions. Students, specialists, and casual art lovers will all find ArtSpoke an essential addition to their reference shelves and a welcome companion on visits to museums and galleries.

Author : Robert Atkins
Publisher : WW Norton
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780789260369

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ArtSpeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the Present (Third Edition) by Robert Atkins Pdf

The leading lexicon of contemporary art returns in an expanded, full-color third edition. An indispensable guide for art-world neophytes and seasoned professionals alike, the best-selling ArtSpeak returns in a revised and expanded third edition, illustrated in full color. Nearly 150 alphabetical entries—30 of them new to this edition—explain the who, what, where, and when of postwar and contemporary art. These concise mini-essays on the key terms of the art world are written with wit and common sense by veteran critic Robert Atkins. More than eighty images, most in color, illustrate key works of the art movements discussed, making ArtSpeak a visual reference, as well as a textual one. A timeline traces world and art-world events from 1945 to the present day, and a single-page ArtChart provides a handy overview of the major art movements in that period.

Author : Roy Harris
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847141934

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Necessity of Artspeak by Roy Harris Pdf

Are contemporary art theorists and critics speaking a language that has lost its meaning? Is it still based on concepts and values that are long out of date? Does anyone know what the function of the arts is in modern society?Roy Harris breaks new ground with his linguistic approach to the key issues. He situates those issues within the long-running debate about the arts and their place in society which goes back to the Classical period in ancient Greece. Contributors to the debate included some of the most celebrated artists and philosophers of their day--Plato, Aristotle, Leonardo, Kant, Hegel, Wagner, Baudelaire, Zola, Delacroix--but none of these eminent figures or their supporters provided a reasoned overview examining the multilingual development of Western artspeak as a whole. Nor did they develop any explicit account of the relationship between the arts and language.The Necessity of Artspeak shows for the first time that what have usually been considered problems of aesthetics and artistic justification often have their source in the linguistic assumptions underlying the terms and arguments presented. It also shows how artspeak has been--and continues to be--manipulated to serve the interests of particular social groups and agendas. Until the semantics of artspeak is more widely understood, the public will continue to be taken in by the latest fads and fashions that propagandists of the art world promote.

Author : Robert Atkins
Publisher : Abbeville Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015040074786

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Artspeak by Robert Atkins Pdf

More than 115 entries clearly explain the who, what, when, and where of art since 1945. Some entries deal with concepts, such as formalism, multiculturalism, and the picture plane; some discuss specific movements, such as Abstract Expressionism and Fluxus; some describe various ways of making art, such as collage, performance, and video. Together they provide an invaluable key to the specialized, often baffling vocabulary so often used in today's art world. Complementing the entries are two additional noteworthy features. The first, a one-page ArtChart, presents the movements of the postwar years in a concise format that makes their chronological connections immediately visible. The second is a twenty-eight-page timeline - illustrated with full-color reproductions of paintings, sculptures, and installations - that chronicles events in the art world and the world at large, providing a context for the entries that follow, in addition, for this updated and revised edition, birth and death dates for the artists have been added to the index, along with their nationalities, making this easy-to-use reference even more informative.

Author : Robert Atkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015029289868

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Artspoke by Robert Atkins Pdf

Arranged alphabetically by topic, this book provides the who, when, where, and what of art for topics from abstract/abstraction to The Wanderers and the World of art, including information on the first uses of specific terms and definitions of art movements and genres.

Author : Robert Atkins
Publisher : Abbeville Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015031747580

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ArtSpeak by Robert Atkins Pdf

Identifies and defines the jargon-laden terminology of post-WWII art and art criticism in short alphabetically-arranged essays, most of which are subdivided into the journalistic (Atkins is a regular contributor to the Village voice) categories of Who, when, where, and what. Includes a 24-page timeline illustrated with 24 color reproductions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ragans,Rosalind Ragans
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : PSU:000057950259

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Arttalk by Ragans,Rosalind Ragans Pdf

Author : Monika Gagnon
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 1551520923

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Other Conundrums by Monika Gagnon Pdf

Other Conundrums, copublished with Vancouver's Artspeak Gallery and the Kamloops Art Gallery, is an extraordinary collection of essays on Canadian artists of colour by Monika Kin Gagnon, one of Canada's most respected art writers and curators. The essays explore the history of cultural production in this country with an emphasis on race, cultural difference, and cultural hybridity. Using specific artists and exhibitions as a starting-point for Gagnon's discussions, these essays, and the artists she writes about, are firmly grounded in Canadian cultural events, artistic projects, and theoretical ideas concerning race and culture which have circulated in often disparate contexts for the last decade. The book makes a distinctively Canadian contribution to ongoing dialogues on issues of race and culture that have originated from artists, writers, and theorists from the US and Britain, and provides an important and relevatory context to the work of Canada's artists of colour. The book includes numerous colour and black and white images, and a foreword by award-winning writer Larissa Lai (When Fox Is a Thousand). Chapters include overviews of the work of such artists as Shani Mootoo, Paul Wong, Jamelie Hassan, and Dana Claxton. Other Conundrums is an essential snapshot of contemporary issues surrounding race and identity as revealed in visual art.

Author : Ken Harman,Rod Luff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0997256702

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The Moleskine Project by Ken Harman,Rod Luff Pdf

Over fifty contemporary artists and illustrators contribute an original two page spread from their personal sketchbooks in this new art compendium by Spoke Art Gallery and Rod Luff.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : ARTSPEAK (Computer program language)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031754174

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The Art of Programming ARTSPEAK by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marina Roy
Publisher : Arsenal Pulp Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015059964844

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Sign After the X by Marina Roy Pdf

A cultural history of the letter "X."

Author : Walter Scott
Publisher : Drawn & Quarterly
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-06
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781770465022

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Wendy, Master of Art by Walter Scott Pdf

THE EXISTENTIAL DREAD OF MAKING (OR NOT MAKING) ART TAKES CENTER STAGE IN THIS TRENCHANT SATIRE OF MFA CULTURE Wendy is an aspiring contemporary artist whose adventures have taken her to galleries, art openings, and parties in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Toronto. In Wendy, Master of Art, Walter Scott’s sly wit and social commentary zero in on MFA culture as our hero decides to hunker down and complete a master of fine arts at the University of Hell in small-town Ontario. Finally Wendy has space to refine her artistic practice, but in this calm, all of her unresolved insecurities and fears explode at full volume—usually while hungover. What is the post-Jungian object as symbol? Will she ever understand her course reading—or herself? What if she’s just not smart enough? As she develops as an artist and a person, Wendy also finds herself in a teaching position, mentoring a perpetually sobbing grade-grubbing undergrad. Scott’s incisively funny take on art school pretensions isn’t the only focus. Wendy, Master of Art explores the politics of open relationships and polyamoury, performative activism, the precarity of a life in the arts, as well as the complexities of gender identity, sex work, drug use, and more. At its heart, this is a book about the give and take of community - about someone learning how to navigate empathy and boundaries, and to respect herself. It is deeply funny and endlessly relatable as it shows Wendy growing up from Millennial art party girl to successful artist, friend, teacher—and Master of Art.

Author : Robert Atkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : 9999447295

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Art Spoke by Robert Atkins Pdf

Author : Art Pepper,Laurie Pepper
Publisher : Canons
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Jazz musicians
ISBN : 1838857958

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Straight Life: the Story of Art Pepper by Art Pepper,Laurie Pepper Pdf

Art Pepper was described as the greatest alto-saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. Straight Life, originally narrated on tape to his wife Laurie, is an explosive work chronicling his work amidst a life dealing with alcoholism, heroin addiction, armed robberies and imprisonment. The result is an autobiography like no other, a masterpiece of the spoken word, shaped into a genuine work of literature.

Author : Amy Fung
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 177166505X

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Before I was a Critic I was a Human Being by Amy Fung Pdf

In that moment, I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit and didn?t think twice about entering a space that could cover their walls with images of contemporary Indigenous perspectives, but exclude their physical bodies from entering and experiencing. In that moment, I felt like a real Canadian. Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being is the debut collection of nonfiction essays by Amy Fung. In it, Fung takes a closer examination at Canada's mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national art critic. Following the tangents of a foreign-born perspective and the complexities and complicities in participating in ongoing acts of colonial violence, the book as a whole takes the form of a very long land acknowledgement. Taken individually, each essay roots itself in the learning and unlearning process of a first generation settler immigrant as she unfurls each region's sense of place and identity Praise for Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being: ?The hours I've spent with this knowing and moving book about place and placelessness are among the most valuable of my reading life. Wow, thank you, Amy." --Eileen Myles "As an Indigenous/Haudenosaunee writer and reader, I recognize that Amy Fung's book does not try to convince us that she is a native rights ally but shows us with language how to mould the term ally into a verb." --Janet Rogers, author of Totem Poles and Railroads "In this compelling work, Amy Fung breathes life and relevance into criticality. This visitor's guide is integral reading." --Cecily Nicholson, author of Wayside Sang, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry.