Modern Art in America 1908-68
Author | : William C. Agee |
Publisher | : Phaidon Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-09-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 0714875244 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780714875248 |
Rating | : 4/5 (248 Downloads) |
Download or read book Modern Art in America 1908-68 written by William C. Agee and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical re-evaluation of American modernism through four generations of artists and their work – now in paperback. "That rarity of rarities, an opinionated but not eccentric scholarly history by a veteran museum curator whose every page crackles with original thinking and bears the stamp of a preternaturally sharp eye? Excellent reproductions and crisp typography complement the lucid prose." —Wall Street Journal Twentieth-century art in America has long been understood in two very separate distinct halves: pre-World War II, often considered as inferior and provincial; and the triumphant, international post-war work that made a complete break with everything that went before. Agee discovers exciting new connections between artists and artworks, which strongly suggest that 1945 was not such a dividing line in art history after all. His fresh research offers an innovative approach and a brilliant take on art history.