Art & Design Styles: From C 1960

"Igor Sacharow-Ross"

Broken Connection

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Igor Sacharow-Ross, who was born in eastern Siberia, left the USSR in 1978 and now lives in Germany. As one of the pioneers of interdisciplinary art, he has used in his artistic strategy the scientific methods of molecular biology, cancer and brain research, and genetic technology. With 233 colour, 27 b&w illustrations. Paperback, 232 pages. Size: 295 x 225 mm. Weight: 1263g.

Author: Zaunschirm, Thomas Grunbein, Durs Rabenstein, Edith (Buchhart, Dieter, ed.)
ISBN: 393973800X
Publisher: Verlag Moderne Kunst
Date: 2007 (Germany)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: From C 1960

"Pontormo"

Portrait of a Halberdier

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"Getty Museum Studies on Art" series; In this volume Elizabeth Cropper argues that the subject of Pontormo's Portrait of a Halbardier is Francesco Guardi. The book reveals the evidence and methods employed by scholars in attempting to answer questions about the people and places portrayed in works of art. With 18 colour and 40 b&w illustrations, 1 colour fold-out. Paperback, 136 pages. Size: 235 x 192 mm. Weight: 386g.

Author: Cropper, Elizabeth
ISBN: 0892363665
Publisher: Getty Trust Publications
Date: 1997 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Mannerism

"Palladio in Venice"

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Illustrates the cycle of Andrea Palladio's architectural projects and completed masterpieces. With 80 col.. Hardback, 168 pages. Size: 300 x 240 mm. Weight: 1324g.

Author: Weissmuller, Alberto
ISBN: 8872001749
Publisher: Vianello Libri
Date: 2006 (Italy)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Mannerism

"500 Decoration Details"

Minimalism

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With illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 180 x 215 mm. Weight: 67g.

Author: (Schleifer, Simone, ed.)
ISBN: 3836500981
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Date: 2008 (Germany)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"Dan Flavin"

New Light

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Dan Flavin (1933-1996) established himself as one of the most innovative and significant artists of the minimalist movement. This book includes essays that respond to the exhibition Dan Flavin: A Retrospective and to the renewed interest in Flavin's work and its place in 20th-century art. With 60 b/w illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 254 x 177 mm. Weight: 505g.

Author: (Weiss, Jeffrey, ed.)
ISBN: 0300114095
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"Minimalism"

Themes and Movements

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"Themes & Movements (Paperback)" series; Minimalism is one of the key movements in 20th-century art, which has had an enormous impact on subsequent artists, architects, composers and designers. It aimed at reducing sculpture and painting to its most essential forms. This book examines the defining characteristics - and the debates - of the art belonging to movement. With 296 illustrations, (186 colour ). New ed. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 290 x 250 mm. Weight: 1509g.

Author: (Meyer, James, ed.)
ISBN: 071484523X
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"Rudolf Stingel"

Painting, 1987-2007

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Celebrated for his explorations of the process of creating art and of the 'idea' of art, Rudolf Stingel combines minimalist, conceptual, and performative practices to create unexpected spaces. This work is the critical survey of Stingel's career, and accompanies the Italian-born artist's first solo exhibition in the United States. With 90 colour illustrations. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 298 x 241 mm. Weight: 1869g.

Author: (Bonami, Francesco, ed.)
ISBN: 0300124244
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"Minimalism Designsource"

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"Designsource" series; Minimalism Design Source covers the last years of the 1990s and the first years of the twenty-first century and looks at the origins of the term minimalism and how a phenomenon like Minimal Art which originated in the United States in the 1960s in the fields of painting and sculpture has filtered into other sectors of society. With 750 colour photos. Paperback, 650 pages. Size: 186 x 139 mm. Weight: 1224g.

Author: Castillo, Encarna
ISBN: 0060747986
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Date: 2004 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"Wiener Werkstatte"

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Founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Fritz Waemdorfer, the Wiener Werkstatte (Vienna Workshop) was a collective of architects and craftsmen which aimed at fusing architecture and interior design into a Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art. With illustrations (some col.). Taschen's 25th anniversary ed. Hardback, 240 pages. Size: 227 x 300 mm. Weight: 65g.

Author: Fahr-Becker, Gabriele
ISBN: 3822837733
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Date: 2008 (Germany)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"Conceptual Art"

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"Art & Ideas" series; Featuring the work of American and European artists, this book traces the history of conceptual art from its origins in the Dada movement through to its current practitioners. It offers an accessible explanation of the phenomenon rooted in a social context. Aimed at A level and undergraduate students, as well as the general reader. With 200 colour & 50 b&w illustrations, glossary, map, index. Paperback, 447 pages. Size: 220 x 160 mm. Weight: 880g.

Author: Godfrey, Tony
ISBN: 0714833886
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 1998 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"Mary Kelly"

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"Contemporary Artists" series; This text explores the work of Mary Kelly who came to prominence as a conceptual artist in 1976 with the controversial, Post Partum Document, notorious for incorporating her baby's dirty nappies. She creates works which combine studies into the relation between psychoanalyses, feminism and art. With 100 colour plates & 30 b&w halftones. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 250 x 290 mm. Weight: 983g.

Author: Iverson, Margaret Crimp, Douglas (Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies, University of Rochester, New York, Usa) Bhabha, Homi K. Kristeva, Julia Tillman, Lynne
ISBN: 0714836613
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"A Walk Across England"

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This text records Richard Long's 1995 journey on foot from Devon to Suffolk - a walk of 382 miles which took 11 days. In his regular work as an artist, Long uses basic elements from the natural world - stones, mud and water. His walk reveals his interaction with the landscape around him. With 130 colour illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 257 x 215 mm. Weight: 816g.

Author: Long, Richard
ISBN: 0500279764
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"Jennifer Bartlett"

Early Plate Work

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Focusing on the single and multi-plate pieces that began in 1968 and culminated in 1976 when Jennifer Bartlett sprang onto the art scene with her pivotal Rhapsody painting, this book analyzes the significant role these formative and long-overlooked works played in her artistic development. With 74 colour illustrations. Hardback, 128 pages. Size: 312 x 238 mm. Weight: 788g.

Author: Richardson, Brenda
ISBN: 030011771X
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Minimalism

"Minimalism: Origins"

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The term Minimalism appeared in the mid-1960s, primarily with reference to the stripped-down sculpture of artists like Robert Morris and Donald Judd. Investigating the origins of Minimalism in postwar American culture, the author redefines it as a movement that developed radically reductive stylistic innovations in numerous media. With 4 b&w photos, illustrations. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 235 x 156 mm. Weight: 548g.

Author: Strickland, Edward
ISBN: 0253213886
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Art & Design Styles: Minimalism