From Space in Modern Art to a Spatial Art History
| Author | : Jutta Vinzent |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2019-12-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783110595338 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3110595338 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (338 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis From Space in Modern Art to a Spatial Art History by : Jutta Vinzent
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 240 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.