Modern Painting: A Concise History

by Simon Morley

While acknowledging the legacy of Herbert Read's classic 1959 study A Concise History of Modern Painting in the World of Art series, academic and artist Simon Morley places the foundation of modern art much earlier than Read, at the emergence of Romanticism and the dawn of the industrial age. Structured loosely chronologically by period, the focus is as much on individual artists as movements, with works discussed within a broader context--stylistic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500204896
• ISBN13: 9780500204894
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.2"