This work offers comprehensive representation of the theories which underpinned developments in the visual arts during the 20th century. As well as writings by artists, the anthology includes texts by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures.

Offers an introduction to the arts of painting and sculpture, to the principal artistic print media and to the visual arts of modernism and postmodernism. Covering the history of art, from Paleolithic cave painting to contemporary art, this book provides foundational guidance to the basic character and techniques of the different art forms.

The first volume in this series focuses on aspects of Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in Paris between 1848 and 1900. The book demonstrates how some historians view this art as representative of the social, historical and economic circumstances in which it was produced.

Provides a comprehensive collection of documents on the theory of art from the founding of the French Academy until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. This work also provides French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Latin sources.

Modern Art and Modernism offers first-hand material for the study of issues central to the development of modern art, its theory and criticism. The history of modern art is not simply a history of works of art, it is also a history of ideas and interpretations. The works of critics and theorists have not merely been influential in deciding how modern art is to be seen and understood, they have ...

A detailed history of the development of modern art in England in the early 20th century and a study of the evolution of the concept of modernism among English artists, critics and theorists. The paperback edition contains a new introduction and new colour plates.

Offers an analysis of the seismic shift that took place when the modernist formalism which had underpinned thinking about art in the first half of the late twentieth-century. This book shows how the diverse art of this period is to be understood and on what basis judgments are to be made about the merits of specific works.

A wide-ranging collection of documents on 19th-century theories of art. As with its companion volume Art in Theory 1900-1990 , the book's primary aim is to provide students and teachers with the documentary material for informed and up-to-date study.

Modernism is used generally to convey a faith in progress and a healthy scepticism for received ideas and traditional values. Harrison looks at modernism in order to consider what the defining characteristics of this art form are.

Presents a survey of art from the first two decades of the 20th century. The volume explores the invocation of the primitive at the end of the 19th century, analyzes Cubist works based on semiotic theory, and considers some problems of interpretation and evolution posed by some specific examples.

A study of the typical characteristics of Modernist art.