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Art in Progress /

In this challenging essay, Maarten Doorman argues that in art, belief in progress is still relevant, if not essential. The radical freedoms of postmodernism, he claims, have had a crippling effect on art, leaving it in danger of becoming meaningless. Art can only acquire meaning through context; the...

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Autor principal: Doorman, Maarten (Autor, Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2003]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1. Perspectives On Progress: A History
  • 2. From The Ancients And The Moderns: A Door To The Future
  • 3. From Romanticism To The Avant-Garde
  • 4. On Making Revolution
  • 5. Innovation In Painting And Architecture: De Stijl
  • 6. The End Of Art
  • 7. A New Approach To An Old Concept
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index Of Names