The Simple Truth
The Monochrome in Modern Art
Seiten
2020
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-231-0 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-231-0 (ISBN)
A unique, global perspective of the monochrome in modern art.
The monochrome - a single-colour work of art - is highly ambiguous. For some it epitomizes purity, and is art reduced to its essence. For others it is just a stunt, the emperor's new clothes. Why are monochromes so admired, yet such an easy target of scorn? In this illuminating book Simon Morley unpacks the meanings of the monochrome as it developed internationally over the twentieth century to today. In doing so he explores more general questions such as how artists have understood what they make, how critics variously interpret it and how art is encountered by viewers.
The monochrome - a single-colour work of art - is highly ambiguous. For some it epitomizes purity, and is art reduced to its essence. For others it is just a stunt, the emperor's new clothes. Why are monochromes so admired, yet such an easy target of scorn? In this illuminating book Simon Morley unpacks the meanings of the monochrome as it developed internationally over the twentieth century to today. In doing so he explores more general questions such as how artists have understood what they make, how critics variously interpret it and how art is encountered by viewers.
Simon Morley is Assistant Professor at Dankook University, Korea. He is the author of Writing on the Wall: Word and Image in Modern Art (2003) and Seven Keys to Modern Art (2019).
1 Introductions
2 Setting
3 Reception
4 Colour
5 Ground
6 Spiritual
7 Indefinable
8 Nothingness
9 Experiential
10 Zen
11 Material
12 Format
13 Sign
14 Idea
15 Allegorical
16 Expanded Field
17 East-Asia
18 Contemporary
19 Conclusion
References
Erscheinungsdatum | 12.05.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | 10 black and white illustrations |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 208 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78914-231-8 / 1789142318 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-231-0 / 9781789142310 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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