FRICK FINE ARTS LIBRARY ART HISTORY: CONTEMPORARY ART Library Guide Series‚ No. 9 “Qui scit ubi scientis sit‚ ille est proximus habenti.” -- Brunetiere* This bibliography is highly selective and is meant only as a starting place to aid the beginning art history student in his/her search for library material. The list does not include materials on individual artists. The serious student will find other relevant sources by noting citations within the encyclopedias‚ books‚ journal articles‚ and
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21st century‚ ‘contemporary’ is a huge topic in the society. Contemporary art which becomes a new type of art is also one of the main subjects for the study of art history. The definition of contemporary art can be quite different according to diverse aspect. This essay is going to define contemporary art in a historical trajectory and discuss how it is revealed in Cola Project which created by He Xiangyu‚ a young Chinese contemporary artist. The Definition of Contemporary Art With the development
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Contemporary Art has often been and overlooked aspect over the classical pieces of art and artists from the previous art eras and earlier‚ but many of the great artists in history come from this modern era. The term contemporary art means pieces of art that are produced in the current period of time and the common start point for this type of art is from the 1970’s to the present day. In Houston there are two museums that display Contemporary Art for no fee‚ the Menil Collection‚ and Contemporary
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images in Contemporary Art. Originally‚ the word art meant “skill” or “ability”—as in the skill of a craftsman. So we talk about the “art of gardening”. But “art” also describes the many ways in which people try to express their ideas and feelings by creating something. The most important arts are architecture‚ sculpture‚ painting‚ literature‚ and music. The many others include such activities as pottery‚ furniture‚ tapestry‚ metalwork‚ photography‚ filmmaking‚ theater‚ and graphic arts such
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Chinese Contemporary Art and Social Change 中国当代艺术与社会变革 The Chinese contemporary art history is only 30 years‚ but it has gone through almost all the genres of western art history.Like the Chinese economy‚ it changes and grows so fast‚ especially during 2003 to 2008‚ that it attracted the global attention.The latest 5 years‚ the whole environment of Chinese contemporary art has been changing‚ the new trend has emerged.This article will explain the change of Chinese contemporary art in the recent
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Art Review The artist I would like to introduce is Tang Ying Mui‚ Grace. She is currently working as an active female contemporary artist in Hong Kong. Grace’s main form of art is installation art. Grace is well-known for her continue exploration of the use of thin plastic wrapped wire. She likes working with this material not only because it is low-priced but due to its flexibility. She can mould the wire into different shapes - as if it was a 3-D drawn line stretching from papers into the
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Installation art is difficult to describe. In principal‚ it means taking a large interior (the exterior can be part of an installation‚ too) and loading it with disparate items that evoke complex and multiple associations and thoughts‚ longings‚ and moods. It’s a huge three-dimensional painting‚ sculpture‚ poem‚ and prose work. Installation art is a relatively new genre of contemporary art‚ which incorporates a range of 2-D and 3-D materials to influence the way we experience or perceive a particular
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Chapters 1 and 2 Notes Chapter 1 Living with Art Megaliths are large stones that are surrounded by a circular ditch. The monument is presumably the marking of graveyard and once was accompanied by other monuments. The Neolithic era is known for the uses of new tools and constructive materials such as hardening clays using a flame. Pottery was used to create bowls‚ food jars‚ cups‚ and a variance of other objects. Each culture characterizes art in its own way. Artists perform tasks such as create
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The Whitney Museum of American Art has often been referred to a citadel of American Art‚ partially due to the museums façade‚ a striking granite building (Figure 1)‚ designed by Bauhaus trained architect Marcel Breuer. The museum perpetuates this reference through its biennial review of contemporary American Art‚ which the Whitney has become most famous for. The biennial has become since its inception a measure of the state of contemporary art in America today. Since the Museum’s opening in 1931
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interest in the contemporary world? Artists use a wide variety of methods to engage and sustain an audience’s interest in the contemporary world. In the case of installation art‚ this can include audience participation and changes due to the location of the exhibition‚ light‚ and audience interaction. I am going to use two works by both Rafael Lozano-Hemmer‚ and Christo and Jeanne-Claude to explain some of the methods used. In art‚ the term Contemporary is defined as the kind of art that is produced
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