pref. by Benedict Read ; concluding chapter by Caroline Tisdall and William Feaver.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Thames & Hudson,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1974.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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392 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
World of art
GENERAL NOTES
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Erratum slip inserted.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-376) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The origins of modern art ; The breakthrough ; Cubism ; Futurism, Dada, Surrealism ; Picasso, Kandinsky, Klee ; The origins and development of an art of determined relations ; The origins and development of an art of internal necessity ; After abstract expressionism.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Here is modern painting from its roots in the work of Cezanne, through Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism and Dada in the early decades of the twentieth century and on to Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s. The works of Frank Stella, Richard Hamilton, Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg, amongst many others, are discussed and analysed by Caroline Tisdall and William Feaver in a lively final chapter that brings us up to the present times and points to exciting new developments. An indispensible reference work that bears witness to the genius of Herbert Read - artist, poet and art historian." - back cover.