9781565842380-1565842383-Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory

Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory

ISBN-13: 9781565842380
ISBN-10: 1565842383
Edition: Revised ed.
Author: Lucy R. Lippard
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: The New Press
Format: Paperback 272 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781565842380
ISBN-10: 1565842383
Edition: Revised ed.
Author: Lucy R. Lippard
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: The New Press
Format: Paperback 272 pages

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Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory (ISBN-13: 9781565842380 and ISBN-10: 1565842383), written by authors Lucy R. Lippard, was published by The New Press in 1995. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Criticism (Arts History & Criticism, History, Prehistory, Ancient Civilizations History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Criticism books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.75.

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Back in print, Overlay is Lucy Lippard’s classic book on contemporary art and its connection to prehistoric sites and symbols. Viewed by critics, artists, art historians, and students as the essential text on how prehistoric images have been “overlayed” onto contemporary art by today’s artists, Overlay is for anyone interested in the possibility of reintegrating art into the fabric of society as a whole, as in prehistoric times.

From megalithic monuments such as Stonehenge to Richard Long’s minimalism, from the earliest examples of cave drawings to Ana Mendieta’s Cuban site art, from the matriarchal fertility rituals of the ancient Celts to Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party, Lippard shows a continuum in the forms, materials, symbols, and imagery that artists have employed for thousands of years.

Lavishly illustrated with over 320 black-and-white photographs and 8 pages of color images, Overlay includes the work of artists Carl Andre, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Smithson, Robert Morris, Charles Simonds, Mary Beth Edelson, Anna Sofaer, Michelle Stuart, Sol LeWitt, Ad Reinhardt, Alice Aycock, Nancy Holt, Emily Carr, Dennis Oppenheim, and many others.


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