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Available
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Publication
Reaktion Books (2010), Paperback, 295 pages
Description
Restless, protean, fluid, evanescent-despite being a challenge to represent visually, water has gained a striking significance in the art of the twentieth century. This may be due to the fact that it allows for a range of metaphorical meanings, many of which are particularly appropriate to the modern age. Water is not merely a subject of contemporary art, but also a material increasingly used in art-making, giving it a distinct dual presence. Water and Art probes the ways in which water has gained an unprecedented prominence in modern Western art and seeks to d
Physical description
295 p.; 5.98 x 0.89 inches
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ISBN
186189662X / 9781861896629