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Modern Art #1
Cubism and Abstract Art
Surveys the origins and early-twentieth-century development of nonrepresentational art in Europe
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1974
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Alfred H. Barr Jr.
72 books6 followersAlfred Hamilton Barr, Jr. (1902 -1981) known as Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was an American art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
From that position, he was one of the most influential forces in the development of popular attitudes toward modern art; for example, his arranging of the blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition of 1935, in the words of author Bernice Kert, was "a precursor to the hold Van Gogh has to this day on the contemporary imagination."
From that position, he was one of the most influential forces in the development of popular attitudes toward modern art; for example, his arranging of the blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition of 1935, in the words of author Bernice Kert, was "a precursor to the hold Van Gogh has to this day on the contemporary imagination."
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February 2, 2018
This is an intelligent, insightful, focused look -- by a master, Alfred H. Barr -- at the development of Abstract Art from Modernism. It is well illustrated (though in black and white), so that his selections often make the points with greater clarity than his text -- though that, too, is fabulous. The book is short, heavily annotated and bibliographed.
5-stars hardly does it justice.
5-stars hardly does it justice.
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