| Description |
240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
The monocrhome : from object to installation : preface / Barbara Rose -- Pre-Malevich monochromes and chronology -- Monochrome artworks -- The meanings of monochrome / Barbara Rose -- Monochromes of light in time and space : color as becoming : from suprematism to Polish unism, from Group Zero to Opalka / Gladys Fabre -- Modernism, minimalism and monochrome : the monochrome's future and past / Christopher K. Ho -- Icons of silence / Vincenzo Trione -- Chroma : passages through color |
| Summary |
"The first comprehensive study of the modern history of monochrome art, Monochromes traces the development of single-color artwork - painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installations - up to the present. With over 160 full-color reproductions, this book examines the fundamental aesthetic issues raised by the monochrome in a historical context."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Half-title |
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Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, June 15-Sept. 6, 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
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Translations from French, Italian, and Spanish |
| Subject |
Monochrome art -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Rose, Barbara.
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Abakanowicz, Magdalena.
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Varas, Valeria.
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Rispa, Raúl.
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
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| LC no. |
2006044652 |
| ISBN |
9780520249370 paperback alkaline paper |
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0520249372 paperback alkaline paper |
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