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Author Fer, Briony, author

Title On abstract art / Briony Fer
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [1997]
©1997
©1997

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Description 194 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm
Contents 1. Imagining a Point of Origin: Malevich and Suprematism -- 2. Decoration and Necessity: Mondrian's Excess -- 3. The Laws of Chance -- 4. Poussiere/Peinture: Bataille on Painting -- 5. The Cut -- 6. Bordering on Blank: Eva Hesse and Minimalism -- 7. Judd's Specific Objects -- Postscript: Vision and Blindness
Summary Introducing abstract painting and sculpture of the 20th century, this volume explores new ways to think about abstract art and the problems of interpretation it raises. Each of the ten chapters in the book addresses a particular problem associated with abstract art by focusing on specific works
Analysis Art, Abstract
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-188) and index
Notes English
Subject Art, Abstract.
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
LC no. 96041297
ISBN 0300069758
9780300069754