Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
xxii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The artist's book as idea and form -- Conceptualizing the book: precedents, poetics and philosophy -- Artists' books & the early 20th-century avant-garde -- The artist's book as a democratic multiple -- The artist's book as a rare and/or auratic object -- The codex and its variations -- Self-reflexivity in book form -- The book as a visual form -- Books as verbal exploration -- The book as sequence: narrative and non-narrative -- The artist's book as an agent of social change -- The book as conceptual space (performance and exhibition) -- The book as document -- Metaphor and form: the artist's book in the 20th century. |
Summary |
"Over the last ten years this book has become the definitive text in an emergent field: teachers, librarians, students, artists, and readers turn to the expertise contained on these pages every day."--Jacket. |
Subject |
Artists' books -- History.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century.
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Art, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00816615
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Artists' books. (OCoLC)fst00817660
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Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
1887123695 |
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9781887123693 |
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