{"product_id":"modern-art-a-critical-introduction-9780415281942","title":"Modern Art A Critical Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eModern Art: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e traces the historical and contemporary contexts for understanding modern art movements, and the theories that influenced and attempted to explain them. Its radical approach foregoes the chronological approach to art movements in favour of looking at the ways in which art has been understood. The editors investigate the main developments in art interpretation and draw examples from a wide range of genres including painting, sculpture, photography, installation and performance art.\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition has been restructured to focus on key themes. It has also been fully updated to include many more examples of recent art practice, as well as an expanded glossary and comprehensive marginal notes providing definitions of key terms. Extensively illustrated with a wide range of visual examples, \u003cem\u003eModern Art: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e is the essential textbook for students of Art History.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An excellent introduction, well-written and superbly illustrated.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eGaby Esser-Hall, University College Northampton, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Modern Art: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e does exactly what it says on the cover ... An excellent comprehensive introduction to the subject.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e History of Art and Visual Culture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 What, When and Where was Modernism? 2. Retreats from the Urban 3. Monuments, Modernism and the Public Space 4. The Nude in Modernity and Postmodernity 5. From the Machine Aesthetic to Technoculture 6. Modernism and Realism in US Art 7. The Artist and the Museum: Muse or Nemesis? 8. Identity Politics in Photography and Performance Art","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018125836631,"sku":"9780415281942","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415281942.jpg?v=1750775720","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-art-a-critical-introduction-9780415281942","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}