Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art after 1980 4th Edition

This is the first textbook ever I think I took the time to read every chapter.I found it really visually friendly. Text is spaces out and divided into sections nicely with pictures accompanying through out.I finder Robertson's and McDaniel's way of writing very easy to understand and follow along to.Honestly learned contemporary art is actually much more fascinating form the cliche blank canvas's and banana ducttaped to gallery walls.Also this textbook is extremely affordable!!!

A must read for all undergrad art students or anyone interested in contemporary art. This book is extremely well written. As an art history teacher I can say this is my go to text as opposed to the many others available.

This book was clean, legible, including all the pages, and great for my art class. A wonderful addition to my library.

Interesting read! Quick delivery!

Good!

This book is mainly focused on New York City and its art scene. I believe that if one should name a book "Themes in Contemporary Art" that is would encompass all the themes of contemporary art from all of the globe. Our earth is so beautiful and expansive to limit contemporary art to one city. That is their ideology, and I just believe they should have used a better title for this book, like "Themes in Conceptual Contemporary Art from New York City."This book is targeted more towards Americans, yet it does not include all the regionalist artwork that comes from the Mid-west, Appalachians, the South, Alaskan art, etc. It focuses on the New York scene, and I found it limited in scope to all the kinds of art that have come before us. It also did not give credit to the past revolutionaries before them. Like one artist was making staged photographs of people "on the moon" and the authors were trying to make this "trend" sound very new, yet theatre technicians and set designers were doing that long before in Shakespeare's day with the theatre.Take this book with a grain of salt because it is not the only way to view art. This world is big. Expand your mind by looking into other regions and cultures around the world that are creating and teaching art. You will find great gifts and life there.

If you are as confused as I was re: the artworld of the last two decades -- this book is a great intro and guide to that world. Also, the book arrived promptly (even more promptly than expected) and in great condition. Would recommend to anyone.

I was assigned this book for my Contemporary Art class that was required to read every page in the book and to write about the artists that were mentioned. There were a lot of misspellings and biased opinions. One of the things that made me especially upset is that when I went to search for certain artists to do my papers, sometimes the author completely misspelled or got their entire name wrong as well as when the pieces were made. It references images that are several pages back and is a hard read in general due to the formatting. One of the only college textbooks assigned to me where I didn’t think it was at all helpful in my understanding.