Varieties of modernism / edited by Paul Wood.

Contributor(s):

Wood, Paul

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Art of the 20th century (Yale University Press) ; bk. 3.Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press in association with the Open University, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: 411 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:

0300102968 (paper)

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DDC classification:

709.04 WOO

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Publisher description

Contents:

I: The European avant-garde in the 1930s -- Art in Paris in the 1930s / Emma Barker -- Surrealism\'s other side / Niru Ratnam -- II: Art in America: from realism to abstraction -- Realism and modernism / Pam Meecham -- Jackson Pollock / Charles Harrison -- Abstract expressionism and masculinity / Fionna Barber -- III: American modernism in the 1960s -- The critical terrain of \'high modernism\' / Gail Day, Chris Riding -- Minimalism\'s situation / Ann Reynolds -- Vernacular modernism / Steve Edwards -- IV: The resumption of the avant-garde -- The \'neo-avant-garde\' / Paul Wood -- How New York queered the idea of modern art / Gavin Butt -- Warhol\'s \'factory\': painting and the mass-cultural spectator / John Roberts -- In search of a revolutionary consciousness: further adventures of the European avant-garde / Robert Graham.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.04 WOO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000287459

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book, the third in the Art of the Twentieth Century series, considers works of art produced in Europe and the United States between the 1930s and the 1960s.

Arranged in four main parts, this abundantly illustrated book begins by examining aspects of the European avant-garde from the 1930s to the aftermath of the Second World War. The second part focuses on the emergence of Abstract Expressionism in the U.S., in particular the work of Jackson Pollock and important critics. Part three looks at "autonomous" high modernism of the early to mid-1960s and the contemporary, related modernist theorization of photography. The final part of the book addresses the reemergence in the 1950s and 1960s of the concerns of the 1920 avant-gardes operating in the so-called "gap between art and life."

Published in association with The Open University

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. vii)
Introduction (p. 1)
Part 1 The European Avant-Garde in the 1930s
Chapter 1 Art in Paris in the 1930s (p. 11)
Chapter 2 Surrealism's other side (p. 53)
Part 2 Art in America: from Realism to Abstraction
Chapter 3 Realism and modernism (p. 75)
Chapter 4 Jackson Pollock (p. 117)
Chapter 5 Abstract Expressionism and masculinity (p. 147)
Part 3 American Modernism in the 1960s
Chapter 6 The critical terrain of 'high modernism' (p. 189)
Chapter 7 Minimalism's situation (p. 215)
Chapter 8 Vernacular modernism (p. 241)
Part 4 The Resumption of the Avant-Garde
Chapter 9 The 'neo-avant-garde' (p. 271)
Chapter 10 How New York queered the idea of modern art (p. 315)
Chapter 11 Warhol's 'Factory': painting and the mass-cultural spectator (p. 339)
Chapter 12 In search of a revolutionary consciousness: further adventures of the European avant-garde (p. 363)
Further reading (p. 399)
Acknowledgement (p. 400)
Index (p. 401)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paul Wood is senior lecturer in art history, The Open University.