Book DescriptionThis generously illustrated volume, the first in the Art in the Twentieth Century series, introduces and explores a range of contemporary issues and debates about art and its place in the wider culture today The opening chapter discusseskey concepts such as modernity, modernism, autonomy, spectatorship and globalisation ожшиш It is followed by four case studies, each of which is devoted to a specific work of art chosen from across the span of the century: Marcel Duchamp's Bottlerack, BarnettNewman's Eve, Ana Mendieta's Silueta series, and Yarla by the Australian Aboriginal Yuendumu community These works have been selected not only for their intrinsic interest, but for the way in which they open up wider questions of meaning and interpretation that are central to understanding twentieth-century art.  Составитель:2004 г 272 стр ISBN 0300101406.