Art Since 1940

About this book

For a one/two-semester, undergraduate-level course on Postwar Art. Exceptionally comprehensive and authoritative, this extensively illustrated survey of art since 1940 stresses the individuality of the artists in relation to their political, social, and cultural contexts, and focuses on the meaning of the major works and innovations. For more information on Jonathan Fineberg, please visit his website at: http: //www.jonathanfineberg.com/ ABOUT THE COVER: The premise of this book is that artists use their art to think about their experience; it gives them a language in which to work out a way of existing in the world. The front and back of the cover are illustrated with some of the great artists featured in the book doing their work. FRONT COVER: 1. Yoko Ono in the first performance of Cut Piece, Yamaichi Hall, Kyoto, 1964 photo courtesy Lenono Photo Archive (c) Yoko Ono 2. Ann Hamilton wearing her 1984 # 13: Toothpick Suitchair photo courtesy Ann Hamilton Studio 3. Josef Beuys lecturing with a blackboard, New York, 1974 photo photo by Peter Moore (c) Estate of Peter Moore/ VAGA, New York 4. Ilya Kabakov performing The Walk with Ilya Kabakov , Moscow, circa 1980 photo (c) Yuri Rost…