"From codex to document, from performance to selfimage, the world of artists books is made available to student and teacher, collector and connoisseur." Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, Library JournalNow Back in Print! Johanna Druckers The Century of Artists Books is the seminal fulllength study of the development of artists books as a twentiethcentury art form. By situating artists books within the context of mainstream developments in the visual arts, Drucker raises critical and theoretical issues as well as providing a historical overview of the medium. Within its pages, she explores more than two hundred individual books in relation to their structure, form, and conceptualization. This latest edition of the book features a new preface by Drucker and includes an introduction by New York Times senior art critic Holland Cotter.Prior praise for Johanna Druckers The Century of Artists Books"[Drucker] locates the artists book, in all of its multitudinous aspects, within every significant modern movement and draws on an extensive bibliography of scholarly references to reveal the philosophical and artistic connections among the several emerging avantgarde movements of the early twentieth century.... The book vastly expands our understanding of the interdependence of structure and meaning in artists books."Buzz Spector, Art Journal"A folded fan, a set of blocks, words embedded in lucite artists books are a singular form of imaginative expression. With the...

Binding: Paperback;378 pages; Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.; Classification: ACX; Weight: 770 g; Dimensions: 152 x 232 x 26

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