Writing on the Wall: Word and Image in Modern Art
- ISBN-10
- 0520241088
- ISBN-13
- 9780520241084
- Series
- Writing on the Wall
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis US
- Author
- Simon Morley
Description
"An intriguing survey of word-imbued artworks of the modern period, Writing on the Wall will surely be a touchstone for readings on the relationship between language and art across time. While filling a gap in the current scholarship on text in art, Morley has crafted in clear, accessible prose, a study that is easily extrapolated beyond modernism, indeed beyond the fine arts. It is an adventuresome work, and extremely stimulating."--Kathy O'Dell, author of Contract with the Skin: Masochism, Performance Art, and the 1970s
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