{"product_id":"themes-of-contemporary-art-visual-art-after-1980-paperback","title":"Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art After 1980 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCraig McDaniel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eScott Contreras-Koterbay\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThemes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art after 1980, \u003c\/em\u003eFifth Edition, offers students and readers an introduction to recent art. The primary focus is an examination of themes that are widespread in contemporary artistic practice. Individual chapters analyze thematic content in eight groupings: Identity, The Body, Time, Memory, Place, Language, Science, and Spirituality. These eight thematic categories provide a significant sample from which readers can grasp influential concepts that stretch across much of the art of our time. Profiles of key artists and works enhance student understanding of these major themes and the individual approaches and key movements in the world of contemporary art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Robertson is Chancellor's Professor Emerita of Art History at Indiana University, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI. Other books co-authored with Craig McDaniel include \u003cem\u003eSpellbound: Rethinking the Alphabet \u003c\/em\u003e(Intellect and University of Chicago Press, 2016); and \u003cem\u003ePainting as a Language: Material, Technique, Form, Content\u003c\/em\u003e (Harcourt, 2000). She is lead co-author with Deborah Hutton of \u003cem\u003eThe History of Art: A Global View\u003c\/em\u003e (Thames \u0026amp; Hudson, 2022). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCraig McDaniel is Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts at Indiana University, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI. In addition to volumes co-authored with Jean Robertson, McDaniel has published essays on art and culture, most notably a series of articles that reevaluates the practice of painting and the achievements of key painters. In addition to participating in exhibitions of his own art, McDaniel has curated over 50 exhibitions of contemporary art by others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScott Contreras-Koterbay (guest author) is Professor in the Department of Art \u0026amp; Design, adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy \u0026amp; Humanities, and Director of the Bert C. Bach Fine \u0026amp; Performing Scholars in the Honors College at East Tennessee State University. He is co-author with Lukasz Mirocha of \u003cem\u003eThe New Aesthetic and Art: Constellations of the Postdigital \u003c\/em\u003e(Instituut voor Netweerkcultuur, 2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 10.02 x 7.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411958972594,"sku":"9780190078331","price":178.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/10eace8ebb02f3eb5e4c01098f187ad0.webp?v=1778311439","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/themes-of-contemporary-art-visual-art-after-1980-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}