The century of artists' books / Johanna Drucker.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York City : Granary Books, c2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxii, 377 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 1887123695 (pbk.)
- 9781887123693 (pbk.)
- 745.54 DRU
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | LSAD Library Artists Books | 745.54 DRU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100316810 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Over the last ten years this book has become the definitive text in an emergent field: teachers, librarians, students, artists, and readers turn to the expertise contained on these pages every day."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The artist's book as idea and form -- Conceptualizing the book: precedents, poetics and philosophy -- Artists' books & the early 20th-century avant-garde -- The artist's book as a democratic multiple -- The artist's book as a rare and/or auratic object -- The codex and its variations -- Self-reflexivity in book form -- The book as a visual form -- Books as verbal exploration -- The book as sequence: narrative and non-narrative -- The artist's book as an agent of social change -- The book as conceptual space (performance and exhibition) -- The book as document -- Metaphor and form: the artist's book in the 20th century.