Modern art : a critical introduction / Pam Meecham and Julie Sheldon.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.Description: xxiv, 246 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: - 0415172349
- 709.04 MEE
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This exciting textbook provides a lively introduction to modern and postmodern art.
Spanning a century of art from Manet to Hirst and Whitread, the authors follow the development to traditional genres, such as the female nude, and trace the emergence of new theories and approaches which fragmented modern art into a bewildering variety of 'isms' from Expressionism to post modernism.
The book:
*explores key themes of the modern era, such as the figure of the nude, the changing nature of self-expression, and the question of the display of art works
*covers the major art movements of the twentieth century
*relates artistic movements to their social and cultural contexts
*is richly illustrated with over 100 pictures.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Illustrations (p. ix)
- Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
- Introduction (p. xv)
- 1 What is and When was Modernism? (p. 1)
- 2 Monuments, Modernism and the Public Space (p. 32)
- 3 Retreats from the Urban (p. 61)
- 4 The Female Nude as the Site of Modernity (p. 84)
- 5 From the Machine Aesthetic to Technoculture (p. 109)
- 6 American Art at Mid-Century (p. 136)
- 7 Self and Identity Politics in Photography and Performance Art (p. 168)
- 8 The Museum of Modern Art (p. 190)
- Glossary (p. 215)
- Bibliography (p. 225)
- Index (p. 237)