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    The century of artists' books / Johanna Drucker.

    • Title:The century of artists' books / Johanna Drucker.
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    • Author/Creator:Drucker, Johanna, 1952-
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Granary Books (Firm), publisher.
    • Published/Created:New York City : Granary Books, ©2004.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Artists' books--History--20th century.
    • Edition:2nd ed.
    • Description:xxii, 377 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
    • Summary:This book has become a definitive text in an emergent field: teachers, librarians, students, artists, and readers turn to the guidance contained in these pages every day. -- Jacket.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1887123695 (pbk.)
    • Contents:The artist's book as idea and form
      Conceptualizing the book: precedents, poetics and philosophy
      Artists' books & the early 20th-century avant-garde
      The artist's book as a democratic multiple
      The artist's book as a rare and/or auratic object
      The codex and its variations
      Self-reflexivity in book form
      The book as a visual form
      Books as verbal exploration
      The book as sequence: narrative and non-narrative
      The artist's book as an agent of social change
      The book as conceptual space (performance and exhibition)
      The book as document
      Metaphor and form: the artist's book in the 20th century.
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