Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western Modernism
Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western Modernism
English | 2003 | ISBN: 0714842443 | 704 pages | PDF | 99 MB
English | 2003 | ISBN: 0714842443 | 704 pages | PDF | 99 MB
At the core of the argument is a proposal to replace the notion of the 'visual arts' with that of the 'spatial arts', comprising two fundamental categories: 'real space' and 'virtual space'. Real space is the space we share with other people and things: the fundamental arts of real space are sculpture (the art of personal space) and architecture (the art of social space). Virtual space - which always entails a format in real space (thus making real space the primary category) - is space represented in two dimensions, as in paintings, drawings and prints.