Art, word and image
Subtitle: two thousand years of visual/textual interaction
By: John Dixon Hunt, David Lomas, Michael Corris ; with essays by Jeremy Adler ... [et al.].
Contributors: Lomas, David; Corris, Michael; Adler, Jeremy D.
Publisher: Reaktion
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781861895202
Subjects: Words in art
Description: A ground-breaking, highly illustrated survey of the use of words and language in art, from ancient times to today's digital media. The authors examine what happens when a painting is 'invaded' by language: how do the two forms interact and combine, and what messages are intended for the viewer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-401) and index.
Table of contents: title: The fabric and the dance : word and image to 1900  -- John Dixon Hunt. Blake's illuminated word / -- Joseph Viscomi; title: 'New in art, they are already soaked in humanity' : word and image 1900-1945  -- David Lomas. Paul Klee as 'poet-painter' / -- Jeremy Adler ; Sense and nonsense in Kurt Schwitters / -- Michael White; title: Word and image in art since 1945 -- Michael Corris. August Walla : devil/god, image/text /-- Stephen Barber ; 'The sound of painting' : Colin McCahon /-- Rex Butler and Laurence Simmons ; Revelation in image and word : the apocalypse according to Horst Haack /-- Barbara Weyandt ; Raymond Pettibon : words and images /-- Hamza Walker.