Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today's multifaceted definition, Terry Smith brilliantly shows that a historical approach offers the best answer to the question: What Is Contemporary Art? Smith argues that the most recognizable kind is c...(展开全部)

What is it to be a work of art? Renowned author and critic Arthur C. Danto addresses this fundamental, complex question. Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, "What Art Is challenges" the popular interpretation that art is an indefinable concept, instead bringing to light the properties that constitute universal meaning. Danto argues that despite varied ...(展开全部)

Every human society displays some form of behavior that can be called “art,” and in most societies other than our own the arts play an integral part in social life. Those who wish to understand art in its broadest sense, as a universal human endowment, need to go beyond modern Western elitist notions that disregard other cultures and ignore the human species’ four-million-year ...(展开全部)

Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functione...(展开全部)

Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functione...(展开全部)

This groundbreaking new survey of contemporary art covers all the major art movements since 1970, the impact they have had. Each chapter contains a one or two page spread dedicated to artists commenting on their own work or the work of other artists.

At one time dismissed by many as inaccessible, elitist or even facile, contemporary art has since entered the realm of popular culture and is enjoyed by millions of gallery visitors every year. This accessible and beautifully produced up-to-date guide pinpoints key artists and events, and so helps demystify a generation of rapid change in the art world. The A-Z listing (by arti...(展开全部)

路易莎·巴克是一位艺术评论家和新闻工作者。她为很多期刊撰稿，是《艺术报》(the Art Newspaper)驻伦敦的当代艺术通讯员和2005年“透纳奖“(Turner Prize)评委。她出版了多部艺术方面的著作，其中包括《移动的目标:英国当代艺术使用指南》 (Moving Targets: A User's Guide to British Art Now)和《拥有艺术:当代艺术收藏家手册》(Owning Art: The Contemporary Art Collector's Hand book) [与 朱迪思·格里尔(Judith Greer)合著] 丹尼尔·麦克林是艺术、文化财产和知识产权法律方面的执业律师，同时还是一位独立的策展人和作家。他曾主编过两部艺术法律方面的著作，即《昂贵的图像:艺术、版权和文化》( Dear Images: A...(展开全部)

The first and only comprehensive survey of contemporary Chinese art, one of the most vital and expanding sectors of the global art world today From its underground genesis during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76), contemporary Chinese art has become a dynamic and hugely influential force in a globalized art world. In this first major introduction to the topic, Wu Hung provides ...(展开全部)

For undergraduate/graduate courses in Contemporary Art, Art Criticism, and Art History; also appropriate for studio courses. This text gathers together the seminal moments in the international art scene of the last few years, placing them in the context of the critical and public understanding of the works, and brings into play the remarkable growth of contemporary art museums ...(展开全部)