Nothing Less Than Literal: Architecture After Minimalism.Nothing Less Than Literal: Architecture After Minimalism minimalism, schools of contemporary art and music, with their origins in the 1960s, that have emphasized simplicity and objectivity. Minimalism in the Visual Arts by Mark Linder Mark Linder, is currently an Associate Professor of Architecture and Chairman of the Graduate Program at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. Linder received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia in 1982, then went on to receive his MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press/282 pp./$40.00 (hb). In a scholarly discourse, Linder asserts his theories on architecture and its role in minimalist art and modernist concepts. A thorough reading of critics Clement Greenberg Clement Greenberg (January 16, 1909 - May 7, 1994) was an influential American art critic closely associated with the abstract art movement in the United States. In particular, he promoted the Abstract Expressionist movement and had close ties with the painter Jackson Pollock. , Colin Rowe Colin Rowe (born Yorkshire, England 1920 - died November 5, 1999, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.) was a British-born architectural historian, critic, theoretician, and teacher. , Michael Fried and artists Robert Smithson, John Hejduk and Frank Gehry, provides evidence supporting the importance of the role of architecture in minimalist artwork. Linder's approach is quite literal and specific tracing, drawing and describing the overlapping spaces where art and architecture converge. Well-illustrated with architectural drawings and sketches, the concepts of space from the late 1960s are displayed, reanalyzed and seen as pivotal in the emerging dialogue of minimalism. An interdisciplinary approach, this text is integral for scholars in architecture and art history alike. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kristin Miller is a graduate student at Visual Studies Workshop. |
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