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Features a continuing commitment to contemporary art. Some 40 contemporary artists, designers, and architects are appearing for the first time in Living with Art, including Zaha Hadid, Polly Apfelbaum, Tim Hawkinson, Eve Sussman, Matthew Ritchie, Yinka Shonibare, Yayoi Kusama, Chris Ofili, Mona Hatoum, Yang Fudong, Petah Coyne, Julie Mehretu, and Andreas Gursky. A new section in Chapter 7 entitled Off the Wall looks at two artists whose work explores the frontier between painting and sculpture.
Encourages student to think critically about art and the issues surrounding cultural property through new "Thinking About Art" essays which can serve as springboards for discussions of such debates as to whether the British Museum should return the Parthenon marbles to Greece.
Examines issues surrounding globalization and diverse cultures in art. A new section "Opening Up to the World" in Chapter 22 looks at the globalization of the art world and discusses works by contemporary artists from China, Mexico, the Middle East, Japan, India, and Africa. The "Crossing Cultures" essays, which examine art across cultures, include a new essay that follows the journey of paper from its invention in China through its refinement in Islamic lands to its arrival centuries later in Europe.
Provides extensively updated coverage of new technologies in art. The new title of Chapter 9, "Camera and Computer Arts," highlights the increased presence of computer technologies in art, examining the special link between camera and computer and exploring the Internet by looking at four artists whose medium is computer code.
Revamped film section emphasizes the international character of the medium and touches on traditional artists' use of it before the advent of video. Filmmakers new to the edition include Georges Méliès, Windsor McCay, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol, Jean-Luc Godard, Tsai Ming-liang, and Hayao Miyazaki.
Chapter 10 on graphic design reflects emerging trends with a new section entitled "Motion and Interaction," which looks at digital media as art.
Living with Art has earned a reputation for elegance and the highest standards of quality through extraordinary attention to detail exhibited in its production: the cover, the high-quality paper, and the Smythe-sewn binding for durability. Meticulous care ensures that every illustration is on or facing the page on which it is discussed, and the eighth edition continues to deliver highly accurate color reproductions that are as faithful to the original as possible.
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