This volume is an introduction to the intellectual movement known as Postmodernism and its impact on the visual arts. In clear, jargon-free language, Eleanor Heartney situates Postmodernism historically, showing how it developed both in reaction to and as a result of some of the fundamental beliefs underlying Modernism, especially its positivist, universalizing aspects. She then analyzes paradigmatic Postmodern works of art by artists such as Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine, Jeff Koons and Robert Mapplethorpe. Postmodernism provides a concise and articulate overview of the Postmodern phenomenon.
- ISBN13 9780521004381
- Publish Date 15 January 2001
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 23 October 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English