Modern Art (Art Essentials)

by Amy Dempsey

Overview

A compact, introductory guide to modern art that explains styles, schools, and movements from Impressionism to the present day

The first in a new series of essential introductions to art, Modern Art guides the reader through individual movements from Impressionism to Conceptual Art, situated within five broader chronological eras. Starting with Impressionism in 1860, art historian Amy Dempsey explains the essentials of Modernism, the postwar New Disorder, and beyond.

Carefully arranged material explores seventy essential topics of modern art in a practical and easy-to-navigate structure. Each boldly designed topic feature includes a clear definition; a list of key artists, attributes, media, and collections; and expertly curated illustrations with explanatory captions. A reference section includes a useful glossary of modern art terms. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500293225
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	05/15/2018
Series:	Art Essentials , #2
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	413,440
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Amy Dempsey is an art historian who studied under Rosalind Krauss at Hunter College in New York and received her doctorate from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Dempsey has contributed to a number of museum catalogs and is the author of Styles, Schools and Movements and two other titles in the Art Essentials series, Modern Art and Surrealism.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Rise of the Avant-Gardes: 1860-1900 8

Impressionism 10

Art Nouveau 14

Symbolism 16

Neo-Impressionism 18

Syntheism 20

Post-Impressionism 22

Vienna Secession 24

Modernisms for a Modern World: 1900-18 26

Ashcan School 28

Fauvism 30

Expressionism 32

Cubism 36

Futurism 40

Synchronism 42

Orphism 44

Rayonism 46

Suprematism 48

Constructivism 50

Pittura Metafsica 52

Vorticism 54

Dada 56

De Stijl 58

Purism 60

Search for a New Order: 1918-45 62

School of Paris 64

Bauhaus 66

Precisionism 68

Art Deco 70

Harlem Renaissance 72

Mexican Muralism 74

Magic Realism 76

Neo-Romanticism 78

Neue Sachlichkeit 80

Surrealism 82

Concrete Art 86

American Scene 88

Social Realism 90

Socialist Realism 92

A New Disorder: 1945-65 94

Organic Abstraction 96

Existential Art 98

Outsider Art 100

Art Informel 102

Abstract Expressionism 104

CoBrA 108

Beat Art 110

Neo-Dada 112

Kinetic Art 114

Pop Art 116

Performance Art 120

Funk Art 122

Nouveau Réalisme 124

Fiuxus 126

Post-Painterly Abstraction 128

Op Art 130

Beyond the Avant-Gardes: 1965-Today 132

Minimalism 134

Conceptual Art 136

Body Art 138

Super-realism 140

Video Art 142

Arte Povera 144

Earth Art 146

Site Works 148

Postmodernism 150

Sound Art 154

Transavanguardia 156

Neo-Expressionism 158

Neo-Pop 160

Art and Nature 162

Art Photography 164

Destination Art 166

Glossary 168

Index of artists 172

Picture Acknowledgements 175