--Isms : understanding modern art / Sam Phillips.
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709.05 KLA The upset : young contemporary art / | 709.05 NEW The Ungovernables : New Museum, February 15-April 22, 2012. | 709.05 PHI --Isms : understanding modern art / | 709.05 PHI --Isms : understanding modern art / | 709.05 SAY Edgycute : from neo pop to low brow and back again / | 709.05 SMI What is contemporary art? / | 709.05 SOL Art 21 : art in the 21st century / |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An engaging and informative guide to all the significant "isms"--schools and movements--that have shaped modern and contemporary art from Impressionism to the present.
Following on the heels of the bestselling Isms: Understanding Modern Art comes this handy small-format guide to the history and development of modern art since the Impressionist era. Loaded with reproductions of key artworks and rounded out with a glossary and index of names, this guide is the best single-volume concise introduction to modern art for beginners, as well as an engaging new way of conceptualizing modern art for aficionados and collectors.
...isms: Understanding Modern Art sorts art into a chronological sequence of more than 55 movements and schools, or "isms." Beginning with Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, and Symbolism, it progresses through all the major and minor art movements of the twentieth century (Fauvism, German Expressionism, Futurism, Dadaism, and Social Realism among others) through the postwar era up to the present. Featuring 110 beautiful full-color reproductions of key artworks illustrating the important concepts of each artistic movement, ...isms: Understanding Modern Art is like a virtual gallery of the finest modern masters.
Included are a glossary, a list of principal names (artists, collectors, patrons), a gazetteer, and a chronology, making this the best single-volume guide to modern art for beginners while also offering cognoscenti an intriguing new way of conceptualizing the visual arts of the modern era.
An Iqon book.
The birth of modern art -- Early 20th century -- Mid 20th century -- Late 20th century -- 21st century.
This is a handy guide to the art \'isms\' of the modern day. From Impressionism and the birth of modern art to street art and Internationalism of the 21st century, it gives a practical introduction to all the significant isms that have shaped modern art history. For each ism, there is a clear definition, an introduction to the topic, lists of key artists, key words, and key works from the movement, as well as references to other isms that the reader might be interested in.