One-hit wonders: Why some of the most important work of modern art are not by important artists

Historical Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 101-117

  Galenson, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual innovation; Maya lin; Renzo piano; Vladimir tatlin

Indexed keywords

ART; INNOVATION;

EID: 27144502634     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/HMTS.38.3.101-117     Document Type: Article

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