Modernism in Dispute: Art Since the Forties (Modern Art--Practices & Debates) [Paperback]

Jonathan Harris (Author), Francis Frascina (Author), Dr. Charles Harrison (Author), Paul Wood (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0300055226 | ISBN-13: 978-0300055221 | Publication Date: September 22, 1993

This, the final volume in this series discusses how American art evolved from the social realism prevalent during the 1930s to a predominantly abstract art after the war, relates this change to America's growing economic and political dominance of the post-war world, and constrasts the abstraction of American art with the persistently realistic art of France. The authors then review the era of high Modernism in the 1960s and the challenge to Modernism by movements such as Minimal art, Land art, and Conceptual art, and they consider the moves to develop an art of overt social purpose in the wake of widespread criticism of Modernist claims for the autonomy of art. The book concludes by considering the implications of the Postmodernism debate for the practice of art today.

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• Paperback: 283 pages
• Publisher: Yale University Press (September 22, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300055226
• ISBN-13: 978-0300055221
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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