Title The century of artists' books / Johanna Drucker

Edition Second edition Published New York : Granary Books, [2004] New York : Granary Books, 2004 ©2004

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	702.81 Dru/Coa 2004		AVAILABLE
WATERFT ART&ARCH	702.81 Dru/Coa 2004		AVAILABLE
WATERFT ART&ARCH	702.81 Dru/Coa 2004		AVAILABLE

Description xxii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents The artist's book as idea and form -- Conceptualizing the book: precedents, poetics and philosophy -- Artists' books & the early 20th-century avant-garde -- The artist's book as a democratic multiple -- The artist's book as a rare and/or auratic object -- The codex and its variations -- Self-reflexivity in book form -- The book as a visual form -- Books as verbal exploration -- The book as sequence: narrative and non-narrative -- The artist's book as an agent of social change -- The book as conceptual space (performance and exhibition) -- The book as document -- Metaphor and form: the artist's book in the 20th century Summary A full-length study of the development of artists' books as a twentieth century art-form Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Art, Modern -- 20th century. Artists' books -- History. Illustrated books -- History -- 20th century. Genre/Form Artists' books. Author Granary Books (Firm) LC no. 2010479886 ISBN 9781887123693 (paperback)

  Permalink