Art: Histories, Theories and Exceptions

by Adam Geczy

Book Overview

Our understanding of art has undergone several major upheavals in the past thirty years. Postmodernism and mass media began the process of disruption in the 1980s. The explosion in the use of digital technologies since the 1990s has radically altered the way in which art is now created, perceived and made available. The recent shift towards regarding art as part of a broader "visual culture" has torn art theory from its roots in art history and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845207017
• ISBN13: 9781845207014
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"