American Art Of The 20th Century

Author : Sam Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Art, American
ISBN : 0500231869

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American Art of the 20th Century by Sam Hunter Pdf

"In this critical history of American painting and sculpture since 1900, the artists, movements and events that led up to America's emergence as a leading force in the world of art are covered in depth. More than half of this volume is devoted to art in the United States since 1945, and includes careful analyses of such styles as Action Painting, Hard Edge Painting, Pop Art, Minimalism, Assemblage, Happenings, Earthworks, Kineticism, Conceptual Art and Bodyworks. These discussions are accompanied by rich accounts of such contemporary masters as Pollock, De Kooning, Rothko, Johns, Lichtenstein, Stella, Noland, Morris, Judd, Smithson and many others." - dust jacket.

Author : Erika Doss
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780191587740

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Twentieth-Century American Art by Erika Doss Pdf

Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, and Laurie Anderson are just some of the major American artists of the twentieth century. From the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the 2000 Whitney Biennial, a rapid succession of art movements and different styles reflected the extreme changes in American culture and society, as well as America's position within the international art world. This exciting new look at twentieth century American art explores the relationships between American art, museums, and audiences in the century that came to be called the 'American century'. Extending beyond New York, it covers the emergence of Feminist art in Los Angeles in the 1970s; the Black art movement; the expansion of galleries and art schools; and the highly political public controversies surrounding arts funding. All the key movements are fully discussed, including early American Modernism, the New Negro movement, Regionalism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Neo-Expressionism.

Author : Brooks Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015033064695

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American Art in the 20th Century by Brooks Adams Pdf

Author : W. Jackson Rushing III
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781136180033

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Native American Art in the Twentieth Century by W. Jackson Rushing III Pdf

This illuminating and provocative book is the first anthology devoted to Twentieth Century Native American and First Nation art. Native American Art brings together anthropologists, art historians, curators, critics and distinguished Native artists to discuss pottery, painitng, sculpture, printmaking, photography and performance art by some of the most celebrated Native American and Canadian First Nation artists of our time The contributors use new theoretical and critical approaches to address key issues for Native American art, including symbolism and spirituality, the role of patronage and musuem practices, the politics of art criticism and the aesthetic power of indigenous knowledge. The artist contributors, who represent several Native nations - including Cherokee, Lakota, Plains Cree, and those of the PLateau country - emphasise the importance of traditional stories, myhtologies and ceremonies in the production of comtemporary art. Within great poignancy, thye write about recent art in terms of home, homeland and aboriginal sovereignty Tracing the continued resistance of Native artists to dominant orthodoxies of the art market and art history, Native American Art in the Twentieth Century argues forcefully for Native art's place in modern art history.

Author : Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000567700

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Essays on 20th Century Latin American Art by Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig Pdf

Essays on 20th Century Latin American Art provides a broad synthesis of the subject through short chapters illustrated with reproductions of iconic works by artists who have made significant contributions to art and society. Designed as a teaching tool for non-art historians, the book's purpose is to introduce these important artists within a new scholarly context and recognize their accomplishments with those of others beyond the Americas and the Caribbean. The publication provides an in-depth analysis of topics such as political issues in Latin American art and art and popular culture, introducing views on artists and art-related issues that have rarely been addressed. Organized both regionally and thematically, it takes a unique approach to the exploration of art in the Americas, beginning with discussions of Modernism and Abstraction, followed by a chapter on art and politics from the 1960s to the 1980s. The author covers Spanish-speaking Central America and the Caribbean, regions not usually addressed in Latin American art history surveys. The chapter on Carnival as an expression of popular culture is a particularly valuable addition. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Latin American history, culture, art, international relations, gender studies, and sociology, as well as Caribbean studies.

Author : Sam Hunter,John M. Jacobus
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015006733045

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American Art of the 20th Century by Sam Hunter,John M. Jacobus Pdf

Discusses sculpture, painting, and architecture in America during the twentieth century.

Author : Whitney Museum of American Art
Publisher : Tiny Folios (Hardcover)
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : PSU:000058331231

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American Art of the Twentieth Century by Whitney Museum of American Art Pdf

A survey, with examples from the Whitney Museum's permanent collection, which presents works by the most notable American artists in a variety of media. Among the images included are paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings from a wide range of artists. 240 colour illustrations

Author : Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39076001341614

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Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century by Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Account of the rise of modernism in the art of Latin America, published to accompany the exhibition Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Author : Henry Geldzahler,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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American Painting in the Twentieth Century by Henry Geldzahler,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Author : Ori Z. Soltes
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art, American
ISBN : 9781584650492

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Fixing the World by Ori Z. Soltes Pdf

The first full-color book to examine Jewish American painters and their works.

Author : Erika Doss
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 0199364788

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American Art of the 20th-21st Centuries by Erika Doss Pdf

Updated edition of: Twentieth-century American art. 2002.

Author : Patricia Hills
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art, American
ISBN : 0130361380

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Modern Art in the USA by Patricia Hills Pdf

This chronologically organized and comprehensive anthology of readings tells the whole story of art in America from 1900 to the present. It focuses on the themes, issues, and controversies that occurred throughout the century--using selections that are contemporary with the art--by artists, critics, exhibition organizers, poets, politicians, and other writers on culture. Some recurring themes and issues include issues of identity; the changing nature of modernism and modernity; nationalism; art as individual or community expression; the nature of public art; and the role of criticism, censorship, and government intervention. Texts by well-known writers include Meyer Schapiro, Clement Greenberg, Michael Fried, Donald Kuspit, and Kate Linker. A guide for those interested in both the standard interpretations of American art and in alternative readings.

Author : Donna Gustafson,Ellen Handy,Eugene R. Gaddis
Publisher : Mit Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 0262572419

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Images from the World Between by Donna Gustafson,Ellen Handy,Eugene R. Gaddis Pdf

The circus as a focal point of twentieth-century American art.

Author : W. Jackson Rushing III
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781136180101

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Native American Art in the Twentieth Century by W. Jackson Rushing III Pdf

This illuminating and provocative book is the first anthology devoted to Twentieth Century Native American and First Nation art. Native American Art brings together anthropologists, art historians, curators, critics and distinguished Native artists to discuss pottery, painitng, sculpture, printmaking, photography and performance art by some of the most celebrated Native American and Canadian First Nation artists of our time The contributors use new theoretical and critical approaches to address key issues for Native American art, including symbolism and spirituality, the role of patronage and musuem practices, the politics of art criticism and the aesthetic power of indigenous knowledge. The artist contributors, who represent several Native nations - including Cherokee, Lakota, Plains Cree, and those of the PLateau country - emphasise the importance of traditional stories, myhtologies and ceremonies in the production of comtemporary art. Within great poignancy, thye write about recent art in terms of home, homeland and aboriginal sovereignty Tracing the continued resistance of Native artists to dominant orthodoxies of the art market and art history, Native American Art in the Twentieth Century argues forcefully for Native art's place in modern art history.

Author : Nicolette Jones,John Jones
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 1849767572

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The American Art Tapes by Nicolette Jones,John Jones Pdf

Tells the story of 1960s pop art through the voices of its creators In 1965, British artist and university lecturer John Jones left the United Kingdom with his wife and daughters to live in the United States for a year and interview some 100 artists. The family moved to Greenwich Village and spent three months on a road trip west to visit artists beyond the immediate reach of New York. Some of the artists, like Yoko Ono and Claes Oldenburg, became Jones's personal friends. Although Jones's daughter Nicolette was young, her memories of New York and their transAmerican adventure are vivid. Published here for the first time, this book presents a fascinating selection of Jones's edited conversations with American artists practicing in 1965-66. A foreword by Nicolette contextualizes the setting in which these interviews took place, and a further introduction amalgamated from Jones's lectures in which he drew on these conversations illustrates and explores the range of contrasting ideas behind what became known as pop art. Thanks to his personal interaction with the artists and his knowledge of their work, Jones became the foremost expert in the art of this period in the UK. Amid a unique family story, this is art presented not through the filter of art critics, but from the mouths of the practitioners. Jones's interviews explore a specific place and time: the United States in the 1960s, and are crucial reading for those wishing to understand the decade and the influence of American art and British tradition on each other, as well as anyone curious about the famous figures of the time and the thinking that gave rise to this extraordinarily fertile creative moment.