History of Modern Art (Trade Version)

by Arnason, H. H.

• ISBN13: 9780131841055
• ISBN10: 013184105X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: PENGUIN

Summary

Authoritative and insightful, Arnason's History of Modern Art remains the definitive source of information on the art of the Modern Era from modernism's mid-nineteenth century European beginnings to today's divergent art trends. Now full-color throughout, this Fifth Edition has been completely redesigned to make it even more elegant and easy-to-use. New heads, subheads, and a glossary have been added to help the reader navigate the material and quickly identify areas of interest.

Author Biography

H. H. Arnason was Vice President for Art Administration of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in New York. From 1947 to 1961, he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
The Sources of Modern Painting	p. 1
Realism, Impressionism, and Early Photography	p. 15
Post-Impressionism	p. 46
The Origins of Modern Architecture and Design	p. 72
Art Nouveau and the Beginnings of Expressionism	p. 82
The Origins of Modern Sculpture	p. 97
Fauvism	p. 108
Expressionism in Germany	p. 124
The Figurative Tradition in Early Twentieth-Century Sculpture	p. 145
Cubism	p. 156
Futurism, Abstraction in Russia, and de Stijl	p. 193
Early Twentieth-Century Architecture	p. 219
From Fantasy to Dada and the New Objectivity	p. 236
The School of Paris After World War I	p. 267
Surrealism	p. 288
Modern Architecture Between the Wars	p. 329
International Abstraction Between the Wars	p. 343
American Art Before World War II	p. 371
Abstract Expressionism and the New American Sculpture	p. 410
Postwar European Art	p. 446
Pop Art and Europe's New Realism	p. 478
Sixties Abstraction	p. 523
The Second Wave of International Style Architecture	p. 561
The Pluralistic Seventies	p. 588
Postmodernism in Architecture	p. 655
The Retrospective Eighties	p. 685
Resistance and Resolution	p. 730
Bibliography	p. 776
Glossary	p. 799
Index	p. 802
Credits	p. 826
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