Performing Arts
Performing the Body/performing the Text
Since the 1960s, visual art practices - from body art to minimalism - have taken contemporary art outside the museum and gallery, by embracing theatricality and performance and exploding the boundaries set by traditional art criticism.
The Performing Arts in a New Era
One liner: Examines the state of the performing arts in America: audiences, artists, and performing groups and their financial health. Abstract text: What is the state of the performing arts in America at the turn of the 21st century?
Site-Specific Art
Site-Specific Art charts the development of an experimental art form in an experimental way. Nick Kaye traces the fascinating historical antecedents of today's installation and performance art, while also assembling a unique documentation of contemporary practice around the world.
The Economics of Art and Culture
This is the first book to cover not only the economics of the fine arts and performing arts, but also public policy toward the arts at federal, state, and local levels in the United States. The second edition offers greater coverage of the international arts sector.
Abrams Books Dada: The Revolt of Art Dada: The Revolt of Art ISBN: 0810992558
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Dada was one of the most important and influential movements in 20th-century art.
Calliope`s Sisters
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This book looks at the visual and performing arts of the world`s societies, examining such issues as the origin of art, the ultimate nature of art, and the theoretical basis of art`s role in human affairs.