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<p class=null1>Understand modern art through its links with art of the past.</p><p>Erwin Rosenthalâs <b>Contemporary Art in the Light of History</b>, originally published in 1971, is a small masterpiece of writing on the art of the twentieth century. A scholar of medieval art by training and a prominent antiquarian bookseller, Rosenthal, who died in l981, was equally entranced by modern art, particularly abstraction. His three linked essays in this book-'Contemporary Art in the Light of History,' 'Art and Technology,' and 'Art Theories and Manifestos, Old and New'-set out a path to understanding modern art through its affinities with the art of the past.</p><p>Rosenthal engages with some of the enduring aesthetic questions: How do new forms and new artistic vocabularies respond to the deepest human needs and impulses? What is the relationship between artistic theory and artistic expression? Nicolas Poussinâs mythological landscapes, Paul Kleeâs graphic abstractions, Bridget Rileyâs op-art compositions-these and many other examples from centuries of painting, sculpture, poetry, and music take us, in these pages, on a fascinating cultural journey with a sophisticated and luci

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Author

Esplund, Lance;Rosenthal, Erwin;Rosenthal, Julia

Publisher

Perseus Books, LLC;Arcade Publishing

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781611459425

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Language Learning