Art and Objecthood: Essays and Reviews
- ISBN-10
- 0226263193
- ISBN-13
- 9780226263199
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 333
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-04-18
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Michael Fried
Description
Much acclaimed and highly controversial, Michael Fried's art criticism defines the contours of late modernism in the visual arts. This volume contains 27 pieces--uncompromising, exciting, and impassioned writings, aware of their transformative power during a time of intense controversy about the nature of modernism and the aims and essence of advanced painting and sculpture. 16 color plates. 72 halftones.
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