- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: London: Phaidon, 1995.; Rev Ed edition (1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0714832014
- ISBN-13: 978-0714832012
- Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 25.1 x 5.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,497,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Artoday looks at developments in art from Pop Art in the 1960's to the present day. The author, Edward Lucie-Smith, is a well-known, art commentator, writing both freelance columns and books on contemporary and modern art.
In Artoday, Edward Lucie-Smith moves through the main art movements in Britain and America and also surveys non-mainstream art from other countries and minority groups. He covers the work of over 500 artists, with large, colour illustrations throughout the 500 pages. The associated text is well written and concise, but assumes a basic knowledge of modern art since it does not cover the artists and related movements in any depth. Also mentioned are the political and current affairs contemporary to the art creation with a discussion of their influences and interrelationships.
I find the book well balanced in respect to the exposure of differing media, unlike other books on contemporary art I looked at, Artoday includes reasonable coverage of contemporary painting as well as sculpture, installation and conceptual art.
Included at the back of the book are biographies of the artists mentioned in the book. These biographies, although brief, include information about exhibitions and other publications and are a very useful starting point for further study.
Basically Artoday is a concise, broad-ranging overview of modern art of the last three decades. It is an ideal introduction to contemporary art for readers with a basic knowledge of the art movements of the earlier part of the century.
In Artoday, Edward Lucie-Smith moves through the main art movements in Britain and America and also surveys non-mainstream art from other countries and minority groups. He covers the work of over 500 artists, with large, colour illustrations throughout the 500 pages. The associated text is well written and concise, but assumes a basic knowledge of modern art since it does not cover the artists and related movements in any depth. Also mentioned are the political and current affairs contemporary to the art creation with a discussion of their influences and interrelationships.
I find the book well balanced in respect to the exposure of differing media, unlike other books on contemporary art I looked at, Artoday includes reasonable coverage of contemporary painting as well as sculpture, installation and conceptual art.
Included at the back of the book are biographies of the artists mentioned in the book. These biographies, although brief, include information about exhibitions and other publications and are a very useful starting point for further study.
Basically Artoday is a concise, broad-ranging overview of modern art of the last three decades. It is an ideal introduction to contemporary art for readers with a basic knowledge of the art movements of the earlier part of the century.
Format:Paperback
Covering developments in art since the 1960s, this survey looks at over 500 artists and their work. The comparatively brief text is very readable an informative as one would expect from such an authority as Edward Lucie-Smith. Following the introduction the book is divided into eighteen chapters covering various movements, styles or geographic locations including: abstraction, minimalism, neo-dada, neo-expressionism, American Realism, post-modern, neo-classic, figurative, sculpture, Latin American, Perestroika, the Far East, African and Afro-American and racial minorities, feminist and gay. The book includes notes to the text, a bibliography, chronology and an index.
The big attraction of this substantial volume of over 500 pages is the wealth of illustrations, almost all in full-colour, the rare exceptions being work that is in the original monochrome such as photographs. The illustrations run with the text and are clearly notated in the latter, so they are very easy to locate. The illustrations vary in size up to full page bleed, with the vast majority being of a good size. The quality of printing is reasonable, the colours are rich and intense, perhaps a little too intense, but they do suffer from a lack of detail in the dark areas. In total there are over 530 illustrations here.
Aside from the shortcomings of the printing quality, the overall impression is a vibrant and exciting, and of the great diversity to be found in art today.
The big attraction of this substantial volume of over 500 pages is the wealth of illustrations, almost all in full-colour, the rare exceptions being work that is in the original monochrome such as photographs. The illustrations run with the text and are clearly notated in the latter, so they are very easy to locate. The illustrations vary in size up to full page bleed, with the vast majority being of a good size. The quality of printing is reasonable, the colours are rich and intense, perhaps a little too intense, but they do suffer from a lack of detail in the dark areas. In total there are over 530 illustrations here.
Aside from the shortcomings of the printing quality, the overall impression is a vibrant and exciting, and of the great diversity to be found in art today.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Clear summary and pictures of contemporary art
3 Aug 2001
Format:Paperback
Better than a coffee table book(but works for that too), ARTODAY contains several features that make it desirable. The first of these being nice large clear examples - pictures. The representations of work are varied and important, the "who's who" and "must know" of the art world from 1960 on. Secondly, the writings on the work are, like the pictures, clear and to the point; expressing the concept and/or contexts of the artists or works susinctly. Finally, the artist/works/concepts have been organized into 18 catagories from "Land Art, Light and Space, Body Art" and "The Survival of Abstraction" to "The Far East". This ordering tends to contain the great variety of works by themes thus making very clear developments and interests of contemporary artists. Having clear images, text, and catagories together in this way make for a table book that is actually interesting to look at and read.
This would be a very good book for those who are interested in a general overview of contemporary art, but don't have time or resources to go in depth. For example, I personally am considering this to be one of several texts for a upper level studio art class; believing the students lacking art history credits will greatly benefit from its overview. While I feel some important artists were overlooked and it is heavily "western" it does a significantly better job than most books of its kind.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
the master work on modern art.
1 April 2000
Format:Hardcover
I am a big fan of mordern art. There are many books on modern arts around the world. But my favorit book on modern art is the ARTODAY. This is book is extremely well made and fun to read(well written reviews on each artists and their works). It contains so many interesting works of modern art on many different medias. Modern arts are usually hard to be seen from museums or galleries. but If you have this this book, you wouldn't have to worry about that. It is amazing how many and different art works and artists are covered in this book. I am totally in love with this book. if you think you like modern art, this is the book that you must buy.......trust me....
A very useful book.
27 Oct 2011
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The compilation of artists and artworks are great. Big book, pretty well designed and full of images. Being a book from 1999, is still very useful in 2011. If you are really interested on contemporary art, you should have this book. Is a great investment.
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