Germano Celant. Precronistoria 1966-69

Florence, Centro Di, 1976. Softcover, 21 x 14.5 cm, 178 pp. Important 'pre-history', written by Germano Celant examining the collective events (mainly exhibitions and written documents) anticipating the emergence of Minimal Art, Conceptual Art, Land Art, Arte Povera and Body Art in the period 1966-1969.

The artistic developments were rooted in the use of technological or non-traditional media, such as photography, videotape, records, books and films. With text contributions by Germano Celant, Lawrence Alloway, Michel Claura, Sol LeWitt, Lucy Lippard, Nam June Paik, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Robert Smithson, Buren-Mosset-Parmentier-Toroni, Lawrence Weiner and others. Text in Italian, extensively illustrated with b/w images. Very good copy.