ART SINCE 1940 - Hardcover

Discontinued 3PD

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810942097 ISBN 13: 9780810942097

Publisher: Discontinued 3PD, 2000

Synopsis

"I can think of no better way . . . to more efficiently and compactly review the ambitious, ingenious, irreverent, and sometimes exasperating art of our time."

-Art Journal Widely praised when it first appeared in 1995, Art Since 1940 tells the story of six decades of art in America and Europe through a series of in-depth biographical profiles of individual artists, astutely linked by illuminating discussions of the cultural influences on their work. Artnews hailed this lively volume as "a fascinating book" by "a superb critic and art historian." For this Second Edition, the author adds a new final chapter and extensively reworks the last quarter of the book to incorporate current thinking on the art of the last 20 years. 351 photographs, 246 in full color, 8 1/2 x 11" JONATHAN FINEBERG, winner of a Pulitzer Fellowship for critical writing and author of scores of articles, books, and catalogues on modern and contemporary art, is professor of art history at the University of Illinois. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Exceptionally comprehensive and authoritative, this extensively illustrated survey of art since 1940 stresses the individuality of the artists in relation to their political, social, and cultural contexts, and focuses on the meaning of the major works and innovations.

From the Back Cover:

This comprehensive and authoritative book illustrates art from the 1940's and stresses the individuality of the artists in relation to their political, social, and cultural contexts. The book focuses on the meaning of the major works and innovations. It features nearly 600 illustrations (approximately half in color) representing art since 1940, both in Europe and America. It explores the full range of periods, artists, and movements: New York in the Forties; Calder, Hofmann, Gorky, Motherwell, De Kooning; Existentialism (Pollock, Newman, Rothko, David Smith); The New European Masters of the Late Forties (Dubuffet, Giacometti, Bacon), plus so much more. For anyone interested in Postwar Art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Discontinued 3PD
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0810942097
• ISBN 13: 9780810942097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 528