Length15h 12m
About this audiobook
The 20th century was a revolutionary period in art history. In the span of a few short years, Modernism exploded into being, disrupting centuries of classical figurative tradition to create something entirely new. This astoundingly thorough survey of art's modern era showcases all of the key artistic movements of the 20th century, from Fauvism to Pop Art, featuring illustrative examples of some of the most renowned works of the era along with illuminating companion essays by expert critics and art historians. A vivid window into the collective psyche of the modern world's great artists, Art of the 20th Century is a must-have for any fan of contemporary art.
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Length15 hrs 12 mins
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Publish dateMar 9, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction: A New View of the World – Technology and the Natural Sciences Change the Mechanistic World View
3Expression and Fragmentation
4Matisse and the Wild Beasts in Paris: The Fauves and the Autonomy of Colour
5Paula Modersohn-Becker and Tranquillity in Worpswede
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6Futurism: The Dynamisation of the Image
7Expressionism and the Search for Contemporary Form
8Cubism, Materiality, and Collage
9Abstractions
10The Russian Avant-Garde
11De Stijl: The Uniformity of the Painting Surface
12The Bauhaus
13One Turn of the Screw Tighter During World War I
14Dada and Its Surroundings
15Explosive Visual Language
16Veristic Tendencies
17Surreal and Magical: Between the World Wars
18Pittura Metafisica
19Surrealism
20Magical Realism and the New Objectivity
21Degenerate Art
22Sculpture in the First Half of the 20th Century
23First Steps
24The Fragmentation of Shape
25Material Constructions
26Bauhaus and De Stijl
27Readymade and Surreal Objects
28Homogenous as Nature
29Concrete
30Architecture in the First Half of the 20th Century
31An Introductory Note
32The U.S.A.
33Europe During the First Two Decades
34The ‘30s: Moscow, San Francisco, Nuremberg
35New Beginnings on the International Scene after World War II
36The Realists
37New York and Abstract Expressionism
38Europe and Abstract Expressionism
39Abstract Expressionist Sculpture
40The Sixties: Close to Real Life
41Nouveaux Réalistes
42Concrete Art
43Op-Art and Kinetics: The View from the Centre
44Pop Art
45Nouvelle Figuration and New Realism
46Photorealism
47A Long Intermission: What You See Is What You See
48Minimal Art
49Conceptual Art
50Sensitisation of the Senses
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