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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Main Author: Vinzent, Jutta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2020 ©2020
Series:SpatioTemporality volume 6
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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