Full Description
Styles, Schools and Movements is the bestselling guide to the major modern developments in Western painting, sculpture, architecture and design. This new edition includes three new chapters on Art Photography, Destination Art and Design Art as well as thorough updates and revisions throughout. A foldout timeline shows at a glance how the evolution of art corresponds with historical events, providing a thorough overview of the whole period. Listings of major international collections and carefully selected suggestions for further reading are given for all the main entries, and the comprehensive index features over 1,000 artists, architects, designers, impresarios, critics, collectors and champions of modern art.
Contents
1860-1900: Rise of the Avant Gardes • 1900-1918: Modernisms for a Modern World • 1918-1945: The Search for a New Order • 1945-1960: A New Disorder 1960-2000: Beyond the Avant Gardes • 200 Key Styles: A Dictionary
