Alchemy in Contemporary Art

Alchemy in Contemporary Art
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 0754667367
ISBN-13 : 9780754667360
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Book Synopsis Alchemy in Contemporary Art by : Urszula Szulakowska

Download or read book Alchemy in Contemporary Art written by Urszula Szulakowska and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemy in Contemporary Art analyzes how twentieth-century artists, beginning with French Surrealists of the 1920s, have appropriated concepts and imagery from the western alchemical tradition. Examining artistic production from ca. 1920 to the present, with an emphasis on artistic on the 1970s to 2000, the author discusses the work of familiar as well as lesser known artists to provide a critical, theorized overview of the alchemical tradition in 20th-century art.


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