Minimalism: Art of Circumstance

by Lord Kenneth Baker

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The effects and influence of minimalism--the art movement in which artists removed personal expression and decorative detail from their work--continue to be felt today as art produced by its proponents continues to be exhibited and artists continue to use the style. The great movements of modern art, among them Impressionism, Surrealism, Cubism, and Abstract Expressionism, have challenged rather than accommodated critics and public. None more so than Minimalism, which unrelentingly questioned not only the nature of art, but also the place of art in society-especially the capitalist society of the United States. Beginning in the 1960s, artists like Frank...Read more
  • ISBN13 9780896598874
  • Publish Date 1 March 1989
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 13 December 2008
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 144
  • Language English