Art and the city / Nicolas Whybrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whybrow, Nicolas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and anthropology.

Art and society.

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Public art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

To Henri Lefebvre, the space and 'lived everydayness' of the inter-dependent, multi-faceted city produces manifold possibilities of identifiction and realisation through often imperceptible interactions and practices. 'Art and the City' takes this observation as its cue to examine the role of art against a backdrop of globally rising urban populations, taking into account the more recent performative and relational 'turns' of art that have sought in their city settings to identify a participating spectator - an implicated citizen. In exploring how artworks present themselves as a means by whic.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section 1; Section 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786613048172

9780755604081

0755604083

9781845114657

1845114655

9780857731470

0857731475

9781283048170

1283048175

9780857718822

0857718827

OCLC:

709606211