"Almost a half century ago, the painter Willem de Kooning said: "There's no way of looking at a work of art by itself; it's not self-evident-it needs a history, it needs a lot of talking about." The great works of modern art get talked about in this highly literate narrative overview, which traces modernism's radical essence-from its origins in the late 19th century right through the 1990s-with thoroughness, zest, and an engaging sense o ..."
"For one-semester/quarter, freshman/junior-level courses in Modern Art, Contemporary Art, 20th-Century Art. Richly illustrated and clearly focused, this text surveys the genesis, development, and culmination of modern European/American painting, sculpture, architecture, and conceptual art--from Post-Impressionism through the most recent developments in the 1990s. Organized along chronological lines, it explores the ideas, forms, events, ..."
Modern Art(3rd Edition) Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by SamHunter, JohnM. Jacobus, Daniel Wheeler Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2000 by Prentice Hall College Div ISBN-13: 978-0-13-924705-7, ISBN: 0-13-924705-X
"Almost a half century ago, the painter Willem de Kooning said: "There's no way of looking at a work of art by itself; it's not self-evident-it needs a history, it needs a lot of talking about." The great works of modern art get talked about in this highly literate narrative overview, which traces modernism's radical essence-from its origins in the late 19th century right through the 1990s-with thoroughness, zest, and an engaging sense o ..."
Modern Art(3rd Edition) Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Third Edition by SamHunter, JohnM. Jacobus Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 1992 by Prentice Hall / Harry Abrams Import ISBN-13: 978-0-13-596073-8, ISBN: 0-13-596073-8
"Almost a half century ago, the painter Willem de Kooning said: "There's no way of looking at a work of art by itself; it's not self-evident-it needs a history, it needs a lot of talking about." The great works of modern art get talked about in this highly literate narrative overview, which traces modernism's radical essence-from its origins in the late 19th century right through the 1990s-with thoroughness, zest, and an engaging sense o ..."
Modern Art Painting/Sculpture/Architecture by SamHunter, JohnM. Jacobus Hardcover, 440 Pages, Published 1992 by Harry N Abrams Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-3609-6, ISBN: 0-8109-3609-7
"Always among the most visually and intellectually stimulating books, Modern Art has now been revised to include the latest critical theory and the most recent forms of painting, sculpture, and architecture. 800 illustrations, including 350 in full color."
Modern Art(1st Edition) From Post-Impressionism to the Present: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by SamHunter, JohnM. Jacobus, Profusely Illustrated Hardcover, 351 Pages, Published 1977 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-1616-6, ISBN: 0-8109-1616-9
"MODERN ART is a lavishly illustrated volume that presents a survey of modern art and architecture beginning with the Post-Impressionists in the late 19th century and continuing to the principal movements and major masters that constitute the history of art, sculpture and architecture throughout the 20th century. More than 500 illustrations, with over half in full color. Authors: Sam Hunter and John Jacobus. 352 pages. 274 plates in full ..."
"painting, sculpture, architecture [by] Sam Hunter. With sections on architecture by John Jacobus. 583 pp, illustrations, photographs, DJ, 4°, Hardcover/Pappeinband cloth, good copy, antiquarisch gut erhaltenes Exemplar,, Contents: The Usable Past - Pioneers in Architecture, East and West, 1890-1920 - Insurgent Realists - The New Spirit - Scandal on Twenty-Sixth Street - Innocents at Home and Abroad - Architecture, American Style,1920-19 ..."
"The third edition of Modern Art, now revised and expanded, narrates one of the great stories of our time - how European and American vanguard culture created modernist art by heeding the call "to make it new." Modern Art captures the sense of intellectual and aesthetic ferment through the close integration of its authoritative text and nearly nine hundred well-chosen illustrations. Right up through the present day, coverage ranges acros ..."
"Focusing on painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the decorative arts, this illustrated survey traces the development of the visual arts in America and examines significant genres, trends, and movements."
"For one-semester/quarter, freshman/junior-level courses in Modern Art, Contemporary Art, 20th-Century Art. Richly illustrated and clearly focused, this text surveys the genesis, development, and culmination of modern European/American painting, sculpture, architecture, and conceptual art-from Post-Impressionism through the most recent developments in the 1990s. Organized along chronological lines, it explores the ideas, forms, events, ..."
"Focusing on painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the decorative arts, this illustrated survey traces the development of the visual arts in America and examines significant genres, trends, and movements"