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Material Imagination
Art in Europe, 1946-72
Series: Art History Special Issues
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This book is ideal for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of European postwar art who are interested in the material aspects of artistic practice and the broader social contexts that shaped artworks during this period.
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See moreMaterial Imagination examines the interrelated concepts of matter, materialism, and materiality in postwar European art, from 1946-1972. These eight essays explore artists methods and materials in order to better understand the social and cultural environments in which their works of art were made.
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Material Imagination examines the interrelated concepts of matter, materialism, and materiality in postwar European art, spanning the years from 1946 to 1972.
It provides a unique perspective on European art by prioritising material dimensions over concept or context, while also paying attention to theoretical and historical concerns. The book explores artists’ methods and materials in order to better understand the social and cultural environments in which their works of art were made.
Furthermore, it demonstrates how materials can be harnessed to affect the critical interpretation of artwork. Material Imagination brings together exceptional illustrations and new research in eight essays by art historians and scholars.
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Material Imagination
Material Imagination examines the interrelated concepts of matter, materialism, and materiality in postwar European art, spanning the years from 1946 to 1972. It provides a unique perspective on European art by prioritising material dimensions over concept or context, while also paying attention to theoretical and historical concerns. The book explores artists’ methods and materials in order to better understand the...Paperback$5699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
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ISBN: 9781119328575
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 July 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Contributors:
- Edited by Steven Harris
- Edited by Natalie Adamson
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 211.0mm
Height: 274.0mm
Weight: 758g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Natalie Adamson is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews, and was Deputy Editor of Art History from 2012 to 2017. She is the author of Academics, Pompiers, Official Artists and the Arrière-Garde: Defining Modern and Traditional in France, 1900-1960 (2009) and Painting, Politics, and the Struggle for the École de Paris, 1944-1964 (2009). She currently holds a two-year Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust for a book project provisionally entitled Pierre Soulages: Radical Abstraction.
Steven Harris is Associate Professor in History of Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of Alberta. He is the author of articles on surrealism, postwar abstraction, and Fluxus, and the book Surrealist Art and Thought in the 1930's: Art, Politics and the Psyche (2004). His current research project, The Poetics of Disenchantment, investigates both the surrealist movement in the postwar period, and how surrealist ideas and values were taken up or challenged by postwar European collectives like Cobra, the College of 'Pataphysics, and the Situationist International.
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