UNDERSTANDING MODERN ART DIVISION : PART I : Orientation for Modern Times : A Course in Three Divisions ;

Text/BRAND NEW. Gilt embossed maroon boards/Fine. DJ/None (as Issued?). Gilt to upper text block. A 3-part course on the historical, psychological, philosophical & scientific backgrounds of modern art. This is Part One only; first published 1936. 257 pgs w/line drawings & b/w fotos in 17 chapters: I, The Horizon of Modern Art; II, A Modern Conception of Art Development; III, Vision - A New Key to Aesthetics; IV, Cultural Waves; V, Our Position Today; VI, The A.B.C. of Art Language; VII, The Elements of Personal Expression; VIII, The Elements of Composition; IX, Creation in Nature & Art; X, Two Fundamental Approaches to Life; XI, Intuition; XII, Old & New Art; XIII, Contemporaneous Art; XIV, Changing Art Evaluations; XV, The Conquest of Space; XVI, Form & Speed; and XVII, Futurism.