{"product_id":"9781405107945","title":"A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Art History\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAmelia Jones\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ History \/ Contemporary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e is a major survey covering the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political, and aesthetic issues in contemporary art since 1945, primarily in the Euro-American context.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCollects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains dual chronological and thematic coverage of the major themes in the art of our time: politics, culture wars, public space, diaspora, the artist, identity politics, the body, and visual culture.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers synthetic analysis, as well as new approaches to, debates central to the visual arts since 1945 such as those addressing formalism, the avant-garde, the role of the artist, technology and art, and the society of the spectacle.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eAmelia Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is Pilkington Professor in the History of Art at the University of Manchester. She has curated many exhibitions and is the author of \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism and the En-Gendering of Marcel Duchamp \u003c\/i\u003e(1994), \u003ci\u003eBody Art\/Performing the Subject \u003c\/i\u003e(1998), and \u003ci\u003eIrrational Modernism: A Neurasthenic History of New York Dada \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(2004).\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 April 2006\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\u003e9781405107945\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e648\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383899975820,"sku":"9781405107945","price":154.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405107945_cd535fbc-ccc5-41ef-b239-7f83a05800bf.jpg?v=1780201636","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405107945","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}