In my quest to educate myself on the subject of art history, this seemed like the book to read. Alas, its exceptionally dense academese narration maybe it a very difficult read. I enjoyed the art inserts, but they were barely talked off. Instead it was pure and somewhat mind numbing theory, although on the positive note I did learn about modernism. I do wish there were more accessible ways of doing so, something between art for dummies and this type of book.