Modern Art: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography

by John Jacobus, Sam Hunter, Daniel Wheeler

Richly illustrated and clearly focused, this book surveys the genesis, development, and culmination of modern European/American painting, sculpture, architecture, and conceptual art—from Post-Impressionism through the most recent developments in the 1990s. It avoids the typical encyclopedic approach of surveys in favor of examining selected but highly representative works in greater depth and from an enlarged spectrum of critical discourse. Organized along chronological lines, topics explore the ideas, forms, events, artists, and works—with each chapter devoted to a style, movement, or decade—from Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh through Minimalism and the general reaction known as Post-Modernism. Ideal for readers with a general interest in art.

Genres: Art, Reference, Art History, Nonfiction, History

472 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

John Maxwell "Jake" Jacobus Jr. (15 September 1927 – 10 July 2017) was a Professor of Art History at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA. He was a specialist in modern art and architecture and particularly the art of Henri Matisse.

Reviews

[Juhee Park · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly, It can be referred to references or bibliography rather than a best seller one. Wordy yea.

[Sananab · Rating 2 out of 5]

Blarg. Sometimes this book has a lot of interesting things to say, which kept me reading. A lot of the time they're just blandly listing off as many artists as possible. This is a very frustrating book, because it could have been really good if the authors had just focused in a bit more.

[Cisco Jae · Rating 2 out of 5]

Completely Euro-centric upper east side view of the modern and contemporary scene.

[Niche · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my textbook for Modern Art in college. I still use it as a reference book.

[Znae]

Wordy, so so wordy.