Beauty

by BEECH DAVE

Book Overview

Key texts on beauty and its revival in contemporary art.

Beauty has emerged as one of the most hotly contested subjects in current discussions on art and culture. After more than half a century of suspicion and interrogation, beauty's resurgence in visual practice and discourse since the late 1980s has engaged some of the most influential artists and writers on art. From the avant-garde to the conceptual era, anti-aesthetic strategies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512386
• ISBN13: 9780262512381
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher