Pictures of Nothing Abstract Art since Pollock |
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Author:
| Varnedoe, Kirk |
Preface by:
| Gopnik, Adam |
Foreword by:
| Powell, Earl A. Powell, Earl A. |
Series title: | The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-12678-4 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2006 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $63.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.