Books : History of Modern Art : Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & Photography
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by: H. H. Arnason, Maria F. Prather, Marla F. Prather, H. Horvard Arnason
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.04
EAN: 9780810934399
ISBN: 0810934396
Label: Prentice Hall
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 856
Publication Date: October 01, 1997
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Sales Rank: 668570
Studio: Prentice Hall
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Product Description:
History of Modern Art has long been recognized as the authoritative, encyclopedic history of painting, photography, sculpture, and architecture from the mid-19th century, when modern art emerged, to the present day. Revising author Marla F. Prather's contributions to the new Fourth Edition include:
More biographical information about each artist.
An entirely new chapter on Cubism.
A lively sense of social and historical context.
Coverage of work in nontraditional mediums, such as video, installation, and performance art.
More than 30% new illustrations and text and nearly twice the number of color illustrations as in previous editions.
A culturally diverse selection of artists and a much broader selection of works by women.
Chronological reorganization of the text, an updated bibliography, and a complete index.
Marla F. Prather is curator of 20th-century art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The late H. H. Arnason was a noted art historian and museum administrator.
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Rating:  - History of Modern Art : Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & Photography
This is the best art history book around; I got it in college in a course by Dr. Donald Kuspit at S.U.N.Y@ Stony Brook I have this book from 1990 and still to this day I use it as a reference. There is no stone left unturned with this book about modern art. I suggest it for all artists, students and professionals who are in the art field and for everyone who wants a good book on this subject. It is the best one out there!
~Duke Crescent of Deviantart
Rating: - Best book on its subject..
"History of Modern Art" is, in my opinion, the very best general overview of modern art (i.e., the last 125-150 years or so) published to this date.
Although it is intended to be a textbook, the format and writing make the tome sufficient as a great general reference and a very good read. The illustrations are excellent, although I wish there were more color reproductions.
Anyone who enjoys fine art should have this book in their personal library.
Rating:  - Get yourself a BIG dictionary.
I just completed a 20th century art course here in Southern California with this book as the chosen textbook. I would consider it at the medium to advanced level. It was much cheaper on Amazon than the college bookstore or the museum store! Like the title of this review suggests, the authors were pre-occupied with their knowlege of uncommon words in the English Language. I would never encourage the "Dumbing down of America" but the word usage in this book is to the point of distraction. The new ... Read More
Rating: - How to read modern art
Since first published in 1968, this book has widely used as textbook. As a text, artwork could be explained in various ways. Gombrich¡¯s ¡®Story of Art¡¯, for example, focuses on the interaction between the visual art and its time. Since the book deals with the entire time span of Western visual art, that kind of approach would be better suited to inform readers what and how was the artwork in those times. So distant from our time is it that it¡¯s hard to understand the meaning of the work without ... Read More
Rating: - A very informative, but ponderous tome
I like the previous review that said this was a metric ton of a book. Yes, it is -- I carried it around for a semester when I was taking a 20th century art class. Lots of color plates and tons of black and white illustrations, and it is printed on very high quality paper (which is why it's so heavy.) It provides a good, reasonably readable survey of what was going on in art from just before the modernist movement up to almost the present day. If you want to acquaint yourself with a broad survey of modern art ... Read More
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