Modern Artist

On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art

For millennia, art has been religious - even in times and places when there was no word for 'art'. Then, in the Renaissance, it became possible for art to glorify the artist, making viewers think more of his skills than of the subjects he portrayed.


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Ingres Then, And Now

This is an unusually fine and intelligent study, which will prove compelling to anyone thinking about the nature of modern art and the situation of the modern artist in 19th and 20th century France.


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Painted Art Cow

Painted Art Cow

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A modern artist's representation of this familiar animal provides us with a whimsical and wonderfully creative look at the commonplace. 8 3/8' X 4' x 8' high.


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Giacometti

Giacometti

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James Lord's biography of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) is a classic of twentieth-century biography, a book Newsweek's critic called the most moving biography of a modern artist I've read. Giacometti's strange, passionate genius had its beginning...


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Race and the Modern Artist

Definitions of modernism have been debated throughout the twentieth century. But both during the height of the modernist era and since, little to no consideration has been given to the work of minority writers as part of this movement. Considering works by writers ranging from B.


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Shag My First Cocktail Lunch Box

Shag My First Cocktail Lunch Box

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Kids, don't try this at home or anywhere! Shag is a successful modern artist who is very popular with Disney fans and hipsters alike. He designed this lunch box in 2005 for a custom lunch box exhibit at La-La Gallery in Los Angeles.


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