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Ways of Looking: How to Experience Contemporary Art Cornell University Press and short-term profitsArt has changed. Today's works of art may have no obvious focal point. Traditional artistic media no longer do what we expect of them. The styles and movements that characterized art production prior to the twenty first century no longer exist. This book provides a straightforward guide to understanding contemporary art based on the concept of the tabula rasa a clean slate and a fresh mind. Ossian Ward presents a six step program that gives readers