Introduction to Modern Art

Author: Chen Chiyu
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: This book examines major issues in art theory from the perspectives of modern art and modern aesthetics, connecting various art forms such as painting, sculpture, design art, literature, and film. It combines art history and pays special attention to the new trends in Western modern art. The book delves into topics such as what constitutes art, the cultural and aesthetic functions of art, the origins of art, artistic abstraction and form, artistic thinking, artistic representation, the spatiotemporal characteristics of poetry and painting, the meaning of artworks, the modern transformation of artistic subject matter, and related issues in art aesthetics. It offers profound insights and constructs a foundational theoretical framework for art studies. The book includes over one hundred color and black-and-white images of artworks, making it a richly illustrated academic work. It serves as a scholarly monograph in art studies and can also be used as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in liberal arts and art schools.