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The Story of Contemporary Art

Paperback • 2024 • English

The Story of Contemporary Art

By Tony Godfrey

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About the book

A lively introduction to and history of international contemporary art from 1960 to the present. What does it mean? Is it really art? Why does it cost so much? While these questions are perpetually asked about contemporary art, they are not the questions that E. H. Gombrich set out to answer in his seminal book The Story of Art. Contemporary art is very different from what came before. From the 1960s, where Gombrich's account concludes, artists began to abandon traditional forms of art and...Show more

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ISBN

9780500297605

Publisher

Thames & Hudson

Published year

2024

Language

English

Original title

The Story of Contemporary Art

Format

Paperback

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