From space in modern art to a spatial art history reassessing constructivism through the publication "Circle" (1937)
This book traces artists’ theories of constructive space in the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on these concepts and recent theories on space, it develops a methodology termed ‘Spatial Art History’ that conceives of artworks as physical spatio-temporal things, which produce the social,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
2020 ©2020
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| Series: | SpatioTemporality
volume 6 |
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book traces artists’ theories of constructive space in the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on these concepts and recent theories on space, it develops a methodology termed ‘Spatial Art History’ that conceives of artworks as physical spatio-temporal things, which produce the social, to overcome the reductive understanding of art as a mere mirror or facilitator of society. |
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| Physical Description: | VI, 233 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-059533-8 978-3-11-059273-3 |