September 2007

Modern Art

Author: Crepaldi, Gabriele

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 006136312X

ISBN13: 9780061363122

Trim: 11 1/2 x 12

Pages: 400

Illustrations: color photos throughout

Release Date: 9/19/2007

Price: $49.95 / $59.95 Can.
Territory: USCOM

SYNOPSIS

Richly illustrated and clearly focused, MODERN ART surveys modern American and European art, 1900-1945. It discusses the major art movements and features all the great painters who changed the landscape of art history, including Kandinsky, Picasso, Duchamp, Matisse, Dali, Hopper and others. The volume contains an overview of other artistic disciplines-sculpture, architecture, design, cinema, and photography. It also includes a detailed chronological table and biographies of the artists. This comprehensive and authoritative gift volume reflects the vitality, complexity, and unfolding patterns of modern art and will appeal to a general audience.

AUTHOR PROFILE

Gabriele Crepaldi has written many educational volumes on art including VAN GOGH (1992) and PITTURA DEL XX SECOLO (2001) published by Electa, MATISSE (2001), GAUGIN (2001), RENOIR (2001), and EXPRESSIONISTI (2002), published by Leonardo Arte, and GLI IMPRESSIONISTI (2001), published by Mondadori.