Visual Arts in the 20th Century

by Lucie-Smith, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780134944364
• ISBN10: 0134944364
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

In this lucid and coherent history of the century of modernism, renowned art writer Edward Lucie-Smith approaches his material in a novel way. Rather than presenting 20th-century visual arts as merely a succession of various styles, he goes beyond to examine the historical, social, and intellectual contexts that have surrounded and supported individual creativity. This is the first book of its type to strongly emphasize photography--an art form that has remained accessible without losing its avant-garde status.

Author Biography

Well known as an art historian, curator, lecturer, and critic, Oxford University-trained scholar Edward Lucie-Smith is also a poet, biographer, and broadcaster. His knowledge of twentieth-century art and culture is vastly wide-ranging

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
Before 1900	p. 17
Architecture	p. 20
Painting	p. 26
Sculpture	p. 40
Photography	p. 43
Keywork: Georges Seurat: La Grande Jatte	p. 27
Keywork: Auguste Rodin: The Gates of Hell	p. 46
1900-1909	p. 51
Architecture	p. 52
Painting	p. 57
Sculpture	p. 72
Photography	p. 73
Keywork: Peter Behrens: The Turbine Factory	p. 57
Keywork: Pablo Picasso: La Vie	p. 59
1910-1919	p. 79
Architecture	p. 79
Painting	p. 84
Sculpture	p. 104
Photography	p. 108
Keywork: Vassily Kandinsky: Composition IV	p. 92
Keywork: Marcel Duchamp: Fountain	p. 101
1920-1929	p. 113
Architecture	p. 114
Painting	p. 121
Sculpture	p. 141
Photography	p. 143
Keywork: Walter Gropius: The Bauhaus	p. 116
Keywork: Georgia O'Keeffe: The Shelton with Sunspots	p. 132
1930-1939	p. 151
Architecture	p. 151
Painting	p. 155
Sculpture	p. 168
Photography	p. 174
Keywork: Jose Clemente Orozco: Murals in the Hospicio Cabanas	p. 158
Keywork: Pablo Picasso: Guernica	p. 167
1940-1949	p. 183
Architecture	p. 183
Painting	p. 188
Sculpture	p. 203
Photography	p. 207
Keywork: Arshile Gorky: Garden in Sochi	p. 190
Keywork: Frida Kahlo: Self-Portrait	p. 202
1950-1959	p. 215
Architecture	p. 216
Painting	p. 222
Sculpture	p. 242
Photography	p. 246
Keywork: Franz Kline: Mahoning	p. 224
Keywork: David Smith: Tank Totem V	p. 242
1960-1969	p. 251
Architecture	p. 251
Painting	p. 256
Sculpture, Conceptual art, and Performance	p. 274
Photography	p. 289
Keywork: Roy Lichtenstein: Whaam!	p. 261
Keywork: Donald Judd: Untitled 1967	p. 277
1970-1979	p. 297
Architecture	p. 297
Painting	p. 308
Sculpture, Environments, and Performance	p. 314
Photography	p. 327
Keywork: Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano: Pompidou Center	p. 300
Keywork: Judy Chicago: The Dinner Party	p. 324
1980-1989	p. 333
Architecture	p. 333
Painting	p. 340
Sculpture	p. 353
Photography	p. 359
Keywork: Arata Isozaki: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles	p. 337
Keywork: Jean Rustin: Woman Putting Her Hand in a Man's Mouth	p. 352
1990-1995	p. 365
Architecture	p. 365
Painting	p. 367
Sculpture, Environmental Works, and Video	p. 373
Photography	p. 379
Conclusion	p. 382
Keywork: Yu Youhan: Mao and Blonde Girl Analyzed	p. 370
Keywork: Damien Hirst: The Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living	p. 377
Notes	p. 384
Bibliography	p. 387
Photographic Credits	p. 392
Index	p. 394
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