History of Modern Art (Trade Version)
by Arnason, H. H.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher(s): PENGUIN
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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 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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