History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography

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Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010 - Art, Modern - 830 pages
This volume presents a survey of modern art. This term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experiment with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art. This text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Contemporary art is presented thematically rather than by decade, and various media are integrated. Consideration is given to globalization and the influence of modernism on non-Western and developing countries. Further learning is fostered by the book's bibliography, index, and glossary.

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The Origins of Modern
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Late NineteenthCentury
103
Derain Vlaminck and Dufy
119
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Paula Schwartz wrote over 35 regency and historical romance novels under the pseudonym Elizabeth Mansfield. She was born in the Bronx, New York in 1925. She studied English at Hunter College and became a teacher. She became a full-time writer in the late 1970s. She died of ovarian cancer in December 2003.

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