Artspoke by Robert Atkins

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An invaluable guide through the intricacies of the first century of modern art, ArtSpoke features the same lucid prose, thought-provoking ideas, user-friendly organization, and striking design as its predecessor, ArtSpeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords.

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Artspoke by Robert Atkins

This work, following on from "Artspeak: a Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements and Buzzwords", aims to clarify international art terms from realism to surrealism. It features a user-friendly layout and covers terms such as "androgyny", "calotype", "found objects" and "primitivism".
Robert Atkins is an art critic, curator, and professor of art history. A regular columnist for the Village Voice, he is the recipient of awards for criticism from the National Endowment for the Arts and Manufacturers Hanover Bank. He lectures frequently about cultural politics and has curated exhibitions for the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Clocktower (both in New York) and for the Sao Paulo Bienal. He is also a founding member of Visual AIDS, the producers of Day Without Art and the red AIDS-awareness ribbon.
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ISBN 13 9781558593886
ISBN 10 1558593888
Title Artspoke
Author Robert Atkins
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Year published 1993-04-15
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.