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Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Pantheon Books
Publication date April 1, 1983
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780394711454
ISBN-10 0394711459
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $25.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
Discusses the relationship between prehistoric art and the imagery and symbolism of modern sculpture, painting, earth works, and other art
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Back in print, Overlay is Lucy Lippard’s classic book on contemporary art and its connection to prehistoric sites and symbols. Viewed by critics, artists, art historians, and students as the essential text on how prehistoric images have been “overlayed” onto contemporary art by today’s artists, Overlay is for anyone interested in the possibility of reintegrating art into the fabric of society as a whole, as in prehistoric times.

From megalithic monuments such as Stonehenge to Richard Long’s minimalism, from the earliest examples of cave drawings to Ana Mendieta’s Cuban site art, from the matriarchal fertility rituals of the ancient Celts to Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party, Lippard shows a continuum in the forms, materials, symbols, and imagery that artists have employed for thousands of years.

Lavishly illustrated with over 320 black-and-white photographs and 8 pages of color images, Overlay includes the work of artists Carl Andre, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Smithson, Robert Morris, Charles Simonds, Mary Beth Edelson, Anna Sofaer, Michelle Stuart, Sol LeWitt, Ad Reinhardt, Alice Aycock, Nancy Holt, Emily Carr, Dennis Oppenheim, and many others.




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Hardcover
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This edition also contains Physics: A World View
Paperback
Book cover for 9780394711454 Book cover for 9781565842380
 
Reissue edition from New Pr (April 1, 1995)
9781565842380 | details & prices | 8.00 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $21.00
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from Pantheon Books (April 1, 1983)
9780394711454 | details & prices | List price $25.00
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