VIEWS FROM ABROAD: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN ART 3 AMERICAN REALITIES

SEROTA, NICHOLAS|WEINBERG, ADAM D.|NAIRNE, SANDY

ISBN 10: 0810968266 / ISBN 13: 9780810968264

Published by ABRAMS, 1997

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A series of exhibitions and accompanying catalogues organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Views from Abroad examines the complex artistic crosscurrents between Europe and America in 20th-century artThis latest volume, subtitled American Realities, highlights a wide range or masterworks from the Whitney's Permanent Collection. Exploring the themes of allegory, symbolism, and narrative as central to American art, it also reconsiders the relationship of these themes to abstraction. Essays reexamine the legacy of modern and contemporary American art, explicitly focusing on radical approaches to the depiction of people and places. 1997-08-01.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: VIEWS FROM ABROAD: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN ART 3 AMERICAN REALITIES
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810968266
• ISBN 13: 9780810968264
• Binding: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
• Condition: Como Nuevo

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A series of exhibitions and accompanying catalogues organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Views from Abroad examines the complex artistic crosscurrents between Europe and America in 20th-century art. This latest volume, subtitled American Realities, highlights a wide range or masterworks from the Whitney's Permanent Collection. Exploring the themes of allegory, symbolism, and narrative as central to American art, it also reconsiders the relationship of these themes to abstraction. Essays reexamine the legacy of modern and contemporary American art, explicitly focusing on radical approaches to the depiction of people and places.