art, modern

Traces the various art trends which emerged and developed between the late 1960s and ended in the early 1990s and looks at some of the period's influential artists, their works, and the social and cultural context of the times.

Presents the history of painting and sculpture from 1776 until 1900 with many illustrations of the artists' works of that time.

Explores the styles and movements of twentieth-century art, and includes color and black-and-white illustrations.

Text and illustrations explore Japanese avant-garde art as presented in various styles representing a break from traditional or Western influenced forms of expression.

Discusses the group of modern artists known as The Blue Rider, who met and became friends in Munich and went on to portray in their art a highly imaginative view of the world around them.

Survey of the various scopes and aims of modern art featuring such styles as pop, conceptual, feminist and gay, and neo-expressionism.

Discusses the leading artists and the main works of Impressionism.

Describes art, architecture, and crafts in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.

A survey of American art from 1940 to the present which includes "white writing," action painting, abstract expressionism, op art, pop art, stabiles, and kinetic sculpture.

Traces the trends in American painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and crafts from 1900 to the eve of World War II.