Mainstreams of Modern Art

by John Edwin Canady

Traces the growth of modern art from cave paintings thirty thousand years old to today's abstracts

Genres: Art, Art History, History, Nonfiction

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Tamara]

Interesting, but very packed with info. That is obviously great, it was my mistake to try to read it as an art history beginner. Still, the book stopped at around the 1950s, and I wish it had continued up until the eighties. My copy was really old too, so maybe an updated one would be a better read.

[nina]

This is a wonderful book on "modern art" (starting with David), made more wonderful for me since my mother was an assistant editor to Canaday.

[Strong Extraordinary Dreams]

Read this cover-to-cover like twenty years ago. Loved it.

[Carol]

Love this book -- got it for a college class and have returned to it many times.

[Jessica]

I read sections of this for my Early Modern Art History class, and it was quite helpful.