The Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art illuminates important
artists, styles, and movements of the past 70 years. Beginning with
the immediate post-World War II period, it encompasses earlier 20th
century masters, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Henry
Moore, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Jean Dubuffet, Stuart Davis,
Georgia O'Keeffe, and other well-known figures, who remained
creatively productive, while also inspiring younger generations.
The book covers subsequent developments, including abstract
expressionism, happenings, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art,
arte povera, feminist art, photorealism, neo-expressionism, and
postmodernism, as well as the contributions of such artists as
Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Helen
Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney,
Ellsworth Kelly, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Lucio Fontana,
Andy Warhol, Richard Serra, Donald Judd, Joseph Beuys, Christo,
Anselm Kiefer, Judy Chicago, Ai Weiwei, and Jeff Koons. Historical
Dictionary of Contemporary Art contains a chronology, an
introduction, and an extensive bibliography, including more than
900 cross-referenced entries on important artists, styles, terms,
and movements.This book is an excellent resource for students,
researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about contemporary
art.
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