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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherThames & Hudson
ISBN-100500238413
ISBN-139780500238417
eBay Product ID (ePID)60314113
Product Key Features
Book TitleModern Art : Impressionism to Post-Modernism
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory / General
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorDavid Britt
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight59.9 Oz
Item Length10.4 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal709/.04
SynopsisWith over 400 colour illustrations, this authoritative introduction covers every major development in the visual arts from Impressionism to Post-Modernism. Anyone seeking a gallery of the masterpieces of 20th-century art, together with deft overviews of the period, will find no better single volume., A superbly illustrated overview of the major movements in the visual arts from Impressionism to Post-Modernism., Modern Art is an authoritative introduction to every important development in the visual arts from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s. Eight critical essays by noted art historians shed light on topics from Impressionism to Dada, Art Nouveau to Pop Art. The essays are ordered chronologically, and each thoroughly examines the historical context--political, social, and technological--that shaped the movement under discussion. The text is accompanied by more than 400 color illustrations of the work of some of the most celebrated figures in art history, comprising an invigorating multiplicity of visual styles. Anyone seeking a gallery of the masterpieces of twentieth-century art, together with an informed survey of the period, will find no better single volume.