Artwords: A Glossary of Contemporary Art Theory

by Jennifer Mclerran and Thomas Patin

Book Overview

Defining over 400 terms and phrases that have recently entered discourse on the visual arts, this is the first reference book specializing in explaining and applying theoretical terminology in contemporary art. Since the early 1970s, the vocabulary used to discuss visual art has expanded radically, leaving many teachers, students, artists, and critics without the accurate definitions necessary for fruitful discourse on contemporary culture. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313292728
• ISBN13: 9780313292729
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"