The Shock of the NewAn illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end. |
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Page 85
... meaning only through the interaction of all the other parts ; only in conjunction with them does it acquire the meaning with which the artist imbued it . A futurist picture lives a collective life , by the same principle on which the ...
... meaning only through the interaction of all the other parts ; only in conjunction with them does it acquire the meaning with which the artist imbued it . A futurist picture lives a collective life , by the same principle on which the ...
Page 325
... meanings on their audience ; meaning emerges , adds up , unfolds from their imagined centres . A sign dictates meaning , a work of art takes one through the process of discovering meaning . In short , paintings educate but signs ...
... meanings on their audience ; meaning emerges , adds up , unfolds from their imagined centres . A sign dictates meaning , a work of art takes one through the process of discovering meaning . In short , paintings educate but signs ...
Page 357
... meaning and growing another . They change size , material , texture , structure . A double light - switch , vastly ... meanings , their openness to change , Oldenburg's things are thus cousins to some of the most disturbing European art ...
... meaning and growing another . They change size , material , texture , structure . A double light - switch , vastly ... meanings , their openness to change , Oldenburg's things are thus cousins to some of the most disturbing European art ...
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