Investigating Modern Art

by Liz Dawtrey (editor), Toby Jackson (Editor), Mary Masterton (Editor)

This text provides an accessible historical progression through the attempting to draw out more general issues and implications. The discussion of key figures such as Picasso, Matisse, Pollock and Warhol, and movements such as Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Minimal Art is animated by the most relevant concerns of contemporary art historical scholarship. Issues of gender and ethnicity, criticism of the accepted canon of modern art, and important social and political influences upon the institutions of art are interwoven with the discussion of particular works.

Genres: Art

208 pages, Paperback

First published July 24, 1996