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Pictures of Nothing

Abstract Art since Pollock

Pictures of Nothing( )
Author: Varnedoe, Kirk
Preface by: Gopnik, Adam
Foreword by: Powell, Earl A.
Powell, Earl A.
Series title:Bollingen Series (General) Ser.
ISBN:978-0-691-12678-4
Publication Date:Jan 2007
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $99.99
Book Description:

What is abstract art good for? What's the use - for us as individuals, or for any society - of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves? This book presents an account of abstract art.

Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Art / History / Contemporary (1945-)
Art / American / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):23.5 x 25 x 2.623 cm
Book Weight:1.477 Kilograms
Author Biography
Varnedoe, Kirk (Author)


Adam Gopnik is the author of Paris to the Moon and Through the Children's Gate and is a contributor to The New Yorker. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children. His most recent book is Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life, a comparison about how those men changed our nation with their history-making actions.

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