{"product_id":"lead-in-modern-and-contemporary-art-paperback","title":"Lead in Modern and Contemporary Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharon Hecker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Yonan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSilvia Bottinelli\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLead in Modern and Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e is the first edited volume to critically examine uses of lead as both material and cultural signifier in modern and contemporary art. The book analyzes the work of a diverse group of artists working in Europe, the Middle East, and North America, and takes into account the ways in which gender, race, and class can affect the cultural perception of lead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together contributions from a distinguished group of international contributors across various fields, this volume explores lead's relevance from a number of perspectives, including art history, technical art history, art criticism, and curatorial studies. Drawing on current art historical concerns with materiality, this volume builds on recent exhibitions and scholarship that reconsider the role of materials in shaping artistic meaning, thus giving a central relevance to the object and its physicality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon Hecker \u003c\/b\u003eis an art historian and curator specializing in modern and contemporary Italian art. A leading authority on Medardo Rosso, her books include \u003ci\u003eA Moment's Monument: Medardo Rosso and the International Origins of Modern \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSculpture\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003ePostwar Italian Art History Today: Untying 'The Knot' \u003c\/i\u003e(co-editor, 2018), and \u003ci\u003eFinding Lost Wax: The Disappearance and Recovery of an Ancient \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasting Technique and the Experiments of Medardo Rosso \u003c\/i\u003e(2020). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilvia Bottinelli \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in the Visual and Material Studies Department of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, USA. She is a widely published scholar of modern and contemporary art. Her recent books include \u003ci\u003eDouble-edged Comforts: Domestic Life in Modern Italian Art and Visual Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2021) and \u003ci\u003eThe Taste of Art: Cooking, Food, and Counterculture in Contemporary \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePractices \u003c\/i\u003e(co-editor, 2017).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176706162937,"sku":"9781350436985","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/T0NCQ3_n_q9781350436985.webp?v=1767686422","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/lead-in-modern-and-contemporary-art-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}