Book Description
History of Modern Art has long been recognized as the authoritative, encyclopedic history of painting, photography, sculpture, and architecture from the mid-19th century, when modern art emerged, to the present day. Revising author Marla F. Prather's contributions to the new Fourth Edition include:
More biographical information about each artist.
An entirely new chapter on Cubism.
A lively sense of social and historical context.
Coverage of work in nontraditional mediums, such as video, installation, and performance art.
More than 30% new illustrations and text and nearly twice the number of color illustrations as in previous editions.
A culturally diverse selection of artists and a much broader selection of works by women.
Chronological reorganization of the text, an updated bibliography, and a complete index.
Marla F. Prather is curator of 20th-century art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The late H. H. Arnason was a noted art historian and museum administrator.
The publisher, Prentice-Hall Humanities/Social Science
Published jointly by Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams Inc., a chronological, illustrated history of modern painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography -- from the late 19th century to the 1980s.
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