New Media in Art

by Michael Rush and Christiane Paul

Book Overview

Following innovative ideas about representation and the free use of materials in cubism, futurism, and surrealism--particularly in the work of Duchamp--artists abandoned strict adherence to traditional hierarchies of media and embraced any means, including technological, which best served their purposes. In the past fifty years especially, ideas about time and duration have reinstated narrative in art, via filmmaking and video, the theatricality of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500203784
• ISBN13: 9780500203781
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

enjoyed the learning experience

This book was informative and enjoyable to read. As a visual artist working more and more new media and in desperate need of knowledge on this subject it gave me a basic background and encouraged me to jump in and explore the medium. I would like to contact Michael Rush if someone can supply an address.