| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Intermittency: On the Transhistoricism of Minimalism -- 2. Encounters: On the Politics of Minimalism -- 3. Objecthood: On the Materialism of Minimalism -- 4. The Real: On the Persistence of Minimalism -- 5. Quantity: On the Radicality of Minimalism -- 6. Austerity: On the Lessness of Minimalism -- 7. Minimum: On the Extremes of Minimalism -- Illustrations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"The explosion of minimalism into the worlds of visual arts, music and literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century presents one of the most radical and decisive revolutions in aesthetic history. Detested by some, embraced by others, minimalism's influence was immediate, pervasive and lasting, significantly changing the way we hear music, see art and read literature. In The Theory of Minimalism, Marc Botha offers the first general theory of minimalism, equally applicable to literature, the visual arts and music. He argues that minimalism establishes an aesthetic paradigm for rethinking realism in genuinely radical terms. In dialogue with thinkers from both the analytic and continental traditions including Kant, Danto, Agamben, Badiou and Meillassoux. Botha develops a constellation of concepts which together encapsulate the transhistorcial and transdisciplinary reach of minimalism. Illustrated by a range of historical, canonical and contemporary minimalist works of different media, from the caves of early Christian ascetics to Samuel Beckett's late prose, Botha offers a bold and provocative argument which will equip readers with the tools to engage critically with past, present and future minimalism, and to recognize how, in a culture caught between the poles of excess and austerity, minimalism still matters."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Minimal art.
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Aesthetics, Modern -- 20th century.
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Minimal.
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Theory of art.
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Theory of music & musicology.
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Cultural studies.
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Philosophy: aesthetics.
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ART -- General.
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Aesthetics, Modern
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Minimal art
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Minimal art.
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Aesthetics, Modern -- 20th century.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781472526540 |
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1472526546 |
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1472530861 |
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9781472530868 |
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9781472526540 |
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9781474219365 |
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1474219365 |
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