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Art in Theory 1900-2000
An Anthology of Changing Ideas
by Charles Harrison

"Occasionally one comes across a book that is at once compelling and frightening, a book that excites and disorientates, a book with intimations of the sublime. Art in Theory is such a book. An indispensable source book."
(Arlis News–Sheet

This popular anthology of twentieth–century art theoretical texts has now been expanded to take account of new research, and to include significant contributions to art theory from the 1990s. New edition of this popular anthology of twentieth–century art–theoretical texts. Now updated to include the results of new research, together with significant contributions from the 1990s. Includes writings by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures. The editors provide contextual introductions to 340 texts. Complements Art in Theory 1648–1815 and Art in Theory 1815–1900 to create a complete survey of the theories underpinning the development of art in the modern period.

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Exactitude: Hyperrealist Art Today
by John Russell Taylor & Maggie Bollaert

Published to accompany an exhibition at the Plus One Gallery in London, this astonishing book presents a selection of contemporary artists working in a figurative, hyperrealist style. It includes work ranging from still lifes and extreme closeups to large scale cityscapes and landscape painting, and features an enormous range of artists from around the world, all of whom work in a meticulous fashion and for whom the brushstroke is subservient to the image itself. This breathtaking, large format volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in art in the 21st century.

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Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas - A Catalogue Raisonne by D Anfam

This is the first volume of the catalogue raisonne of the work of Mark Rothko, the abstract artist. It documents Rothko's entire output of paintings on canvas and panel, reproducing all the works in colour. An introductory text investigates the essential features of Rothko's art.

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