Modern Art in America 1908-68

by William C Agee

Book Overview

A radical re-evaluation of American modernism

The importance of American artists in the history of modern art is well-known and well-documented, from Jackson Pollock to Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol. However, the work of such artists did not spontaneously appear after World War II, nor was it simply transplanted from Europe. There is a longer, subtler history of the development of modernism in relation to American artists, as well as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714869341
• ISBN13: 9780714869346
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.5" x 11.5"