Traces the origins, growth, and development of art from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, discussing its various forms and expressions, and explains how to understand and enjoy modern paintings, sculpture and architecture.
Presents a collection of full-color and black-and-white illustrated reproductions of modern art and traces the evolution of avant-garde painting and sculpture through the twentieth-century movements such as Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism.
Explores the ideas and practices that categorize contemporary art across the international spectrum, discussing how art has influenced Western culture over the last three decades.
Chronicles the history of the Pierre Matisse Gallery which opened in 1931, highlighting the role of Matisse in the establishment of the New York art world, and documents some of the significant works by established and lesser-known artists exhibited at the gallery.
Traces the history of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, profiling the seven young English artists who created it, discussing how their practices changed the history of art, and studying the form's basic techniques.
An introduction to the Dada and Surrealist movements of the early twentieth century, examining the work of a variety of artists, and including reproductions of paintings, collages, sculptures, photographs, and other art characteristic of the period.
