Art and knowledge after 1900

Interactions between modern art and thought

James Fox, Vid Simoniti

• Editorial: Manchester University Press
• Año: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781526164254
• Categoría: Art
• Categoría: Théorie et critique de l'art

This ground-breaking new history of modern art explores the relationship between art and knowledge from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. Each chapter examines artistic responses to a particular discipline of knowledge, from quantum theory and theosophy to cybernetics and ethnic futurisms. The authors argue that art's incursion into other intellectual disciplines is a defining characteristic of both modernism and postmodernism. Throughout, the volume poses a series of larger questions: is art a source of knowledge? If so, what kind of knowledge? And, ultimately, can it contribute to our understanding of the world in ways that thinkers from other fields should take seriously?