Destination art
By: Amy Dempsey
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780500238325
Subjects: Earthworks (Art); Sculpture parks; Environment (Art); Modern Art
Description: "This illustrated book is the first critical guide to the two hundred most important modern and contemporary art sites around the world. Designed for the international art tourist as a key critical reference in an era where more and more art is found outside galleries or museums, Destination Art not only is packed with practical information for the traveler but also provides a highly accessible chronological survey of the world's most important large-scale and public works of twentieth- and twenty-first-century art. Encompassing massive land and environmental works, extensive sculpture parks, magnificent architectural follies, site-specific installations, even whole towns turned over to the display of art, this book chronicles a wealth of works that have achieved near-mythical status since they were created."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : art as destination -- -- 1.; title: Monuments for the modern age -- -- 2.; title: Personal visions & the rise of land art -- -- 3.; title: Monumental art & the environment -- -- 4.; title: Destination art comes of age -- -- 5.; title: Into the future.