Writing on the wall : word and image in modern art / Simon Morley.

By:

Morley, Simon, 1958-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2003.Description: 224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:

9780520241084 (hbk.) :
0520241088

Other title:

Word and image in modern art [Portion of title]

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

704.949411 MOR

LOC classification:

N6490

Contents:

Introduction : words and pictures -- Grand bazar universel : impressionist words -- Merahi metua no tehamana : symbolist words -- KUB : cubist words -- Parole-in-libertaþa : futurist words -- L.H.O.O.Q. : dada words -- Futura : constructivist words -- L\'alphabet des ra~eves : surrealist words -- Beat the whites with the red wedge : words and power -- Writing degree zero : post-war words -- Intermedia : neo-dada words -- Coca-Cola : pop words -- Art as idea as idea : conceptual words I -- A heap of language : conceptual words II -- The prison-house of language : postmodern words -- Creolization : millennial words -- Epilogue : hypertexts and future words.

Summary: This systematic study explores the way in which words have encroached on the visual arts from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. Simon Morley identifies the key ways in which artists and movements of the modern and contemporary era used words.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	704.949411 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		204032

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index.

This systematic study explores the way in which words have encroached on the visual arts from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. Simon Morley identifies the key ways in which artists and movements of the modern and contemporary era used words.