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"From codex to document, from performance to self-image, the world of artists' books is made available to student and teacher, collector and connoisseur. Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, Library Journal Now Back in Print! Johanna Drucker's The Century of Artists' Books is the seminal full-length study of the development of artists' books as a twentieth-century art form. By situating artists' books within the context of mainstream developments in the visual arts, Drucker raises critical and theoretical issues as well as providing a historical overview of the medium. Within its pages, she explores more than two hundred individual books in relation to their structure, form, and conceptualization. This latest edition of the book features a new preface by Drucker and includes an introduction by New York Times senior art critic Holland Cotter. Prior praise for Johanna Drucker's The Century of Artists' Books : [Drucker] locates the artists' book, in all of its multitudinous aspects, within every significant modern movement and draws on an extensive bibliography of scholarly references to reveal the philosophical and artistic connections among the several emerging avant-ga
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- Author
- Johanna Drucker; Granary Books (Firm)
- Publisher
- New York City: Granary Books
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781887123693
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Art
- Rating
- 3.83 / 5 (78 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13