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Art in Theory 1900 - 2000

An Anthology of Changing Ideas

Harrison, Charles / Wood, Paul (Editor)

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2. Edition September 2002
1288 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-631-22708-3
John Wiley & Sons

This popular anthology of twentieth-century art theoretical textshas now been expanded to take account of new research, and toinclude significant contributions to art theory from the 1990s.
* New edition of this popular anthology of twentieth-centuryart-theoretical texts.
* Now updated to include the results of new research, togetherwith significant contributions from the 1990s.
* Includes writings by critics, philosophers, politicians andliterary figures.
* The editors provide contextual introductions to 340 texts.
* Complements Art in Theory 1648-1815 and Art in Theory1815-1900 to create a complete survey of the theoriesunderpinning the development of art in the modern period.

Preface and Acknowledgements.

A Note on the Presentation and Editing of Texts.

General Introduction.

Part I: The Legacy of Symbolism.

Part II: The Idea of the Modern World.

Part III: Rationalization and Transformation.

Part IV: Freedom, Responsibility and Power.

Part V: The Individual and the Social.

Part VI: The Moment of Modernism.

Part VII: Institutions and Objections.

Part VIII: Ideas of the Postmodern.

Bibliography.

Copyright Acknowledgements.

Index.
"Occasionally one comes across a book that is at once compelling and frightening, a book that excites and disorientates, a book with intimations of the sublime. Art in Theory is such a book. An indispensable source book." (Arlis News-Sheet)
Charles Harrison is Professor of History and Theory of Artand Staff Tutor in Arts at the Open University. He is the author ofnumerous books on modern art criticism and art theory.

Paul Wood is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the OpenUniversity. He is co-editor, with Charles Harrison and JasonGaiger, of Art in Theory 1648-1815 (2001) and Artin Theory 1815-1900 (1998).

C. Harrison, Open University; P. Wood, University of Loughborough, UK