From Space in Modern Art to a Spatial Art History
Author | : Jutta Vinzent |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2019-12-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783110592733 |
ISBN-13 | : 3110592738 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Download or read book From Space in Modern Art to a Spatial Art History written by Jutta Vinzent and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces artists’ theories of constructive space in the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on these concepts and recent theories on space, it develops a methodology termed ‘Spatial Art History’ that conceives of artworks as physical spatio-temporal things, which produce the social, to overcome the reductive understanding of art as a mere mirror or facilitator of society.