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Author:   William H. Libaw
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9780786422111

ISBN 10:   0786422114
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   31 October 2005
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments       List of Illustrations      Foreword: Art and Science in the Fullness of Life, by Michael Shermer      Introduction      PART I. A MIRROR WITH A PAST      1. Soul or Machine?      2. What Is Art About?      3. How Science Changed the Subject      PART II. SCIENTISM BEGINS: THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY      4. The Handwriting on the Gallery Wall: Classical vs. Romantic      5. The Line Is Drawn: Ingres vs Delacroix      PART III. THE CHANGES BEGIN: THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY      6. The Subject Beneath the Surface      7. A New Realism: Edouard Manet      8. Mad Haste with Impressionism: Monet and Renoir      9. The Fragile Moment: Berthe Morisot      10. Women Have Real Lives of Their Own: Edgar Degas      11. Body and Soul Unreconciled: Vincent van Gogh      12. Spirit and Matter in Tahiti: Paul Gauguin      13. An Unearthly Remoteness: Paul Cézanne      PART IV. SCIENCE REPELS AND ATTRACTS: THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY      14. The New Subject Meets the New Object      15. Decorating the Inner World: Henri Matisse      16. Cubism and the Illusive Body: Pablo Picasso      17. “But Is It Art?”: Marcel Duchamp      PART V. LOOKING OUTSIDE AND WITHIN: EARLY MID-CENTURY      18. Turning Away from a Darkening World      19. Alone in the Crowd: Edward Hopper      20. When Flesh Trumps Spirit: Francis Bacon      21. Embodiment Without Bodies: Mark Rothko      22. The Subjective Stone Age: Willem de Kooning      23. The Resemblance to Meaning: Lee Krasner      24. The Meaning of Meaningless: Jackson Pollock      PART VI. OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE SEEN AS SHALLOW: LATE MID-CENTURY      25. How Real Can It Get?      26. An Art of Artifacts: Jasper Johns      27. Art as Science Reporting: Robert Rauschenberg      28. Art That Is Deeper Than Paper: Roy Lichtenstein      29. The Emptier the Better: Andy Warhol      PART VII. CRACKED BUT NOT BROKEN: AT THE END OF THE CENTURY      30. New Faces, Old Spectrum      31. “Privately Maintained Realities”: Julian Schnabel      32. “But Is It Art” Revisited: Damien Hirst      33. Striding on Two Levels: Gerhard Richter      34. Spirits in the Material World: Anselm Kiefer      35. The Art of Storytelling: Eric Fischl      36. Transmuting Commodities into Art: Jeff Koons      37. Postmodern Pictures of Women: David Salle      Conclusions: Images of Our Anxieties      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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it's a most interesting book. Your observations have a freshness that is very attractive. It should find wide readership and I rejoice for you --Sister Wendy Beckett, a prominent member of the art community.

"""it's a most interesting book. Your observations have a freshness that is very attractive. It should find wide readership and I rejoice for you""--Sister Wendy Beckett, a prominent member of the art community."

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Retired engineer William H. Libaw lives in Beverly Hills, California.

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