Contemporary art can be baffling and beautiful, provocative and disturbing. This pioneering book presents a new look at the controversial period between 1945 and 2000, when art and its traditional forms were called into question. It focuses on the relationship between American and European art, and challenges previously held views about the origins of some of the most innovative ideas in art of this time. Major artists such as Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Yves Klein, Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman, and Damien Hirst are all discussed, as is the art world of the last fifty years. Important trends are also covered including Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptualism, Postmodernism, and the art of the nineties.

Combines a survey of world art with maps showing the associations and dissemination of culture across the globe.

Conceptual Art has set out to undermine two concepts associated with art - the production of objects to look at, and the act of contemplative looking itself. This introduction explores the reasons why the new avant-garde chose to produce such work.

Examines the tumultuous history of Europe from the end of World War II. This book covers the Cold War, decolonization, and major developments in the arts and sciences, as well as Europe's reaction to the events of September 11, 2001, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is useful for undergraduate courses on the history of Europe since 1945.

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Provides detailed facts and current statistics for over 750 occupations in more than 90 key career fields. Contains more than 500 photographs.

Yves Klein: with the Void, Full Powers is published to accompany the first major retrospective of the artist's work in the United States in nearly 30 years. It includes examples from all of Klein's major series, including his Anthropometries, Cosmogonies, Fire Paintings, planetary reliefs, and blue monochromes, as well as selections of his lesser-known gold and pink monochromes, body and sponge reliefs, "air architecture," and immaterial works. I ssays by curators Kerry Brougher and Philippe Vergne, Klein Scholar Klaus Ottmann, art historian Kaira Cabanas, and curatorial fellow Andria Hickey, as well as archival materials and translations of his published and unpublished writings offer insights into Klein's artistic endeavors and process. --Book Jacket.