{"product_id":"meanings-of-abstract-art-paul-crowther-9781138233867","title":"Meanings of Abstract Art: Between Nature and Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eTraditional art is based on conventions of resemblance between the work and that which it is a representation \"of\". Abstract art, in contrast, either adopts alternative modes of visual representation or reconfigures mimetic convention. This book explores the relation of abstract art to nature (taking nature in the broadest sense--the world of recognisable objects, creatures, organisms, processes, and states of affairs). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbstract art takes many different forms, but there are shared key structural features centered on two basic relations to nature. The first abstracts from nature, to give selected aspects of it a new and extremely unfamiliar appearance. The second affirms a natural creativity that issues in new, autonomous forms that are not constrained by mimetic conventions. (Such creativity is often attributed to the power of the unconscious.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book covers three categories: classical modernism (Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky, Arp, early American abstraction); post-war abstraction (Pollock, Still, Newman, Smithson, Noguchi, Arte Povera, Michaux, postmodern developments); and the broader historical and philosophical scope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Crowther\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138233862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138233867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Paul Crowther","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43924187316479,"sku":"9781138233867","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f13067fa-ca54-46a8-885a-b42b532a59b1.jpg?v=1681068986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meanings-of-abstract-art-paul-crowther-9781138233867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}