The Contemporary sublime : sensibilities of transcendence and shock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crowther, Paul.

Series:

Art & design profile ; 40.

Art & design profile ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--20th century.

Art, Modern.

Sublime, The, in art.

Physical Description:

xvi, 95 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Academy Editions ; New York, NY : Distributed to the trade in the U.S.A. by St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Contents:

The postmodern sublime : installation and assemblage art / Paul Crowther

The sublime is how : Philip Taaffe and Will Barnet / Cliff McMahon

Kant and Malevich : the possibility of the sublime / Mojca Oblak

Sublimity as process : Hegel, Newman and Shave / Richard Hooker

Damien Hirst and the senbility of shock / Loura Wixley Brooks

Silent visions : Lyotard on the sublime / Renée van de Vall

'Religion', transcendence, the light and the dark : the work of Jo Volley and Marcus Rees Roberts / Edward Winters

The containment of memory : Duchamp, Fahrenholz, and the box / Paul Crowther.

Credits:

Guest-edited by Paul Crowther - t.p., verso.

Notes:

Guest-edited by Paul Crowther. Cf. t.p., verso.

Title page follows prelim. pages.

"Art & design profile 40 is published as part of Art & design vol. 10 1/2 1995"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Contemporary sublime.

ISBN:

1854902237

9781854902238

OCLC:

32344740

Online:

1850-9999