Modern Art in the USA:Issues and Controversies of the 20th Century: Issues and Controversies of the 20th Century - Softcover

Hills, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130361380 ISBN 13: 9780130361387

Publisher: Pearson, 2000

Synopsis

This chronologically organized and comprehensive anthology of readings tells the whole story of art in America from 1900 to the present. It focuses on the themes, issues, and controversies that occurred throughout the century―using selections that are contemporary with the art―by artists, critics, exhibition organizers, poets, politicians, and other writers on culture. This guide is intended to complement/supplement college textbooks on 20th century American art.

About this title

Product Description:

Modern Art in the USA:Issues and Controversies of the 20th Century Tells the story of art in America. This book focuses on the themes, issues, and controversies that occurred using selections that are contemporary with the art - by artists, critics, exhibition organizers, poets, politicians, and other writers on culture. It is intended to complement/supplement college textbooks on 20th century American art.

From the Back Cover:

Includes writings and documents by artists, critics, exhibition organizers, poets, and politicians on the issues and controversies of twentieth-century art movements:

• Realism as a radical project
• Modernism and American consciousness
• Machine Age modernity
• The "New Negro" and the jazz age
• Photography as art
• Photography as force for social change
• Art for the people
• Abstract expressionism
• The Cold War and the arts
• Pop Art in New York, Chicago, and California
• Conceptual Art and Earthworks
• Political and Anti-war art
• Black Arts movement
• Feminist movement
• Postmodernism
• Identity politics and body art
• Art in public spaces
• Censorship and the culture wars

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0130361380
• ISBN 13: 9780130361387
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496