Modern Art - A Global Survey From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present

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About the author

David Cateforis is Professor, American Art, Modern and Contemporary Art and Chair, History of Art Department at The University of Kansas.

Summary

Modern Art: A Global Survey from the Mid-19th Century to the Present is a broad chronological history of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and new media from 1850 to today. Each chapter covers particular artistic movements or parts of the world, presenting modern art as an innovation that breaks from tradition and strives for new forms of expression and inquiry. Modern Art is accompanied by Practice Art History, a cutting-edge digital resource environment created to help students build skills of visual literacy and analysis. Visit www.oup.com/he/cateforis1e to access the full suite of student and instructor resources.

Additional text

This is an excellent textbook on modern art with illuminating discussions and analyses of major art movements, themes, artists, and their works. Its articulation of art history concepts and terms is concise and easy for students to understand and follow. Its highly inclusive selection of artists and artworks makes it the best modern art text for college students so far."-Zhijian Qian, New York City College of Technology, CUNY

Product details

• Authors: David Cateforis, David (Professor Cateforis, Cateforis David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2023
• EAN: 9780190840976
• ISBN: 978-0-19-084097-6
• No. of pages: 624
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)