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The Recording Machine: Art and Fact during the Cold War
Joshua Shannon
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Description for The Recording Machine: Art and Fact during the Cold War
Hardback. A revealing look at the irrevocable change in art during the 1960s and its relationship to the modern culture of fact Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 color + 125 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; ACXJ5; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
A revealing look at the irrevocable change in art during the 1960s and its relationship to the modern culture of fact
This refreshing and erudite book offers a new understanding of the transformation of photography and the visual arts around 1968. Author Joshua Shannon reveals an oddly stringent realism in the period, tracing artists’ rejection of essential truths in favor of surface appearances. Dubbing this tendency factualism, Shannon illuminates not only the Cold War’s preoccupation with data but also the rise of a pervasive culture of fact.
Focusing on the United States and West Germany, where ... Read more
A revealing look at the irrevocable change in art during the 1960s and its relationship to the modern culture of fact
This refreshing and erudite book offers a new understanding of the transformation of photography and the visual arts around 1968. Author Joshua Shannon reveals an oddly stringent realism in the period, tracing artists’ rejection of essential truths in favor of surface appearances. Dubbing this tendency factualism, Shannon illuminates not only the Cold War’s preoccupation with data but also the rise of a pervasive culture of fact.
Focusing on the United States and West Germany, where ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300187274
SKU
9780300187274
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About Joshua Shannon
Joshua Shannon is associate professor of contemporary art history and theory at the University of Maryland.
Reviews for The Recording Machine: Art and Fact during the Cold War
"This is a terrific book. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Shannon cogently links leading art practices around 1968 to an interlocking set of understudied cultural conditions. The result bristles with insights and contributes substantially to our understanding of modernism."-Robin Kelsey, Harvard University
Robin Kelsey "This is an exciting and important book that should change the art historical ... Read more
Robin Kelsey "This is an exciting and important book that should change the art historical ... Read more