New Media in Late 20th-Century Art (World of Art) (Paperback)

by Michael Rush (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal
YA-Three excellent series titles. Contemporary African Art emphasizes the changes in the art of this continent in the last half of the 20th century. Maya Art examines the reasons behind the artwork and ways the buildings were constructed, incorporating new archaeological findings. They include recent deciphers of Mayan writing that provide understanding to the ceramics, sculpture, architecture, murals, and books. Amazingly, op art and pop art have become almost traditional. With chapters on performance art (Rauschenberg), video, digital, and virtual reality, New Media truly introduces the new wave. The paper in these compact books is of high quality, resulting in outstanding, almost platelike reproduction of the numerous color and black-and-white photos. The illustrations are fully captioned and they alone could justify purchase of these titles.
Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description
Twentieth-century art has often been characterized as a sweeping break from the tradition of painting. All the major art movements, from Cubism and Dada to Performance and Installation, were initiated as reactions to the centuries-old tradition of representing the world visually in recognizable ways. New definitions of art and the countless ways in which art can be made and experienced now place the artist firmly at the center of the artistic enterprise. This intelligent survey traces the history of new media in art and includes discussions of video art, digital art, and media and performance by artists such as Nam June Paik, Vito Acconci, Marina Abramowic, Pipilotti Rist, and Bill Viola. Initiated by advances and inventions outside the world of art, technology-based art (which encompasses a wide range of practices from photography to film to video to virtual reality) has directed artists into areas once dominated by engineers and technicians.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson; illustrated edition edition (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0500203296
• ISBN-13: 978-0500203293
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #648,921 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars for budding artists (now with 53% more PoMo!), February 2, 2008

By	R. Friesel Jr. "found_drama" (Burlington, VT USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If I remember correctly, this book was the assigned text for the digital art class I took Spring '01 at SMCM. Interesting book with a lot of good intro material on folks like Nam June Paik. It gets a bit tedious at times but also has some pretty great color images throughout; too bad it's not an over-sized art history text -- now that would have been awesome.

4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyed the learning experience, July 28, 2000

By	Alette (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This book was informative and enjoyable to read. As a visual artist working more and more new media and in desperate need of knowledge on this subject it gave me a basic background and encouraged me to jump in and explore the medium. I would like to contact Michael Rush if someone can supply an address.

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4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyed the learning experience, July 28, 2000

By	Alette (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This book was informative and enjoyable to read. As a visual artist working more and more new media and in desperate need of knowledge on this subject it gave me a basic background and encouraged me to jump in and explore the medium. I would like to contact Michael Rush if someone can supply an address.