Surpassing modernity : ambivalence in art, politics and society /: ambivalence in art, politics and society. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew McNamara.
• Authors: McNamara, Andrew
• Contents: Introduction : the surpassing urge -- 1. What are we talking about? Narratives of modernity and beyond -- 2. We petty-bourgeois radicals : reflections on Polke's Wir Kleinbürger! (We petty bourgeois!) -- 3. What is art supposed to do? The modernist legacy, the Arab Spring, a censorship case in Sharjah, and artist arrests in the Year of the Protestor -- 4. Inversions and aberrations : visual acuity and the erratic chemistry of art-historical exchange in a transcultural situation -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Subjects: 111/.85; 700/.4112; Modernism (Aesthetics); Modernism (Art); Art, Modern -- 20th century; Art, Modern -- 21st century; Civilization, Modern; Art, Modern; Civilization, Modern; Modernism (Art); 20.06 philosophy of art
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350008359; 1350008354
• Related ISBNs: 9781350008335
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.