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Anna Moszynska pioneered the study of contemporary art at Sotheby's Institute during the late 1980s, and oversaw the development of the MA in Contemporary Art. In addition to writing books she has contributed to journals including Tate, Apollo, Arts Review, TLS and Art Monthly. Moszynska is an art critic for BBC Radio 3 and a member of the International Art Critics Association.

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Preface • 1. Observing the World: Paths to Abstraction 1910–14 • 2. Looking Inwards: Investigations 1912–20 • 3. Social Ideals: Constructing the Future 1920–39 • 4. Abstractions in Europe: 1939–56 • 5. Focus on Expression: USA 1939–56 • 6. Objective Approaches: Abstract Art 1956–78 • 7. Crises in Abstraction: 1979–89 • 8. Extending the Canon: Diffusions of Identity and Place since the 1990s • 9. Abstraction in the Expanded Field

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      Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/03/2020
      ISBN13: 9780500204450, 978-0500204450
      ISBN10: 0500204454
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Anna Moszynska pioneered the study of contemporary art at Sotheby's Institute during the late 1980s, and oversaw the development of the MA in Contemporary Art. In addition to writing books she has contributed to journals including Tate, Apollo, Arts Review, TLS and Art Monthly. Moszynska is an art critic for BBC Radio 3 and a member of the International Art Critics Association.

      Table of Contents
      Preface • 1. Observing the World: Paths to Abstraction 1910–14 • 2. Looking Inwards: Investigations 1912–20 • 3. Social Ideals: Constructing the Future 1920–39 • 4. Abstractions in Europe: 1939–56 • 5. Focus on Expression: USA 1939–56 • 6. Objective Approaches: Abstract Art 1956–78 • 7. Crises in Abstraction: 1979–89 • 8. Extending the Canon: Diffusions of Identity and Place since the 1990s • 9. Abstraction in the Expanded Field

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