{"product_id":"9781119328575","title":"Material Imagination Art in Europe, 1946-72","description":"\u003ch3\u003eArt History Special Issues\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMaterial Imagination\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eArt in Europe, 1946-72\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNatalie Adamson | Steven Harris\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ History \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaterial Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e examines the interrelated concepts of matter, materialism, and materiality in postwar European art, from 1946-1972.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a unique perspective on European art by prioritizing material dimensions over concept or context, while also paying attention to theoretical and historical concerns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores artists’ methods and materials in order to better understand the social and cultural environments in which their works of art were made\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how materials can be harnessed to affect the critical interpretation of artwork\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together exceptional illustrations and new research in eight essays by art historians and scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Natalie Adamson\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews, and was Deputy Editor of Art History from 2012 to 2017. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAcademics, Pompiers, Official Artists and the Arrière-Garde: Defining Modern and Traditional in France, 1900-1960\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003ePainting, Politics, and the Struggle for the École de Paris, 1944-1964\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). She currently holds a two-year Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust for a book project provisionally entitled \u003ci\u003ePierre Soulages: Radical Abstraction. \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Steven Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in History of Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of Alberta. He is the author of articles on surrealism, postwar abstraction, and Fluxus, and the book \u003ci\u003eSurrealist Art and Thought in the 1930's: Art, Politics and the Psyche\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). His current research project, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Disenchantment,\u003c\/i\u003e investigates both the surrealist movement in the postwar period, and how surrealist ideas and values were taken up or challenged by postwar European collectives like Cobra, the College of 'Pataphysics, and the Situationist International.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 July 2017\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119328575\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310453158028,"sku":"9781119328575","price":37.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119328575.jpg?v=1780157471","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119328575","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}