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The century of artists' books / Johanna Drucker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York City : Granary Books, c2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxii, 377 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1887123695 (pbk.)
  • 9781887123693 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.54 DRU
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
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.

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