Modern Art


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Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics (California Studies in the History of Art)
What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell
Bluebeard
Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement
Wall and Piece
Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
The 20th Century Art Book
Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism
History of Modern Art
Why Your Five-Year-Old Could Not Have Done That: From Slashed Canvas to Unmade Bed, Modern Art Explained
Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction
Art Now (TASCHEN Icons Series)
The Painted Word
Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction
Mythic Adventures by Ayn Cates SullivanAgnes Martin by Nancy PrincenthalDespite Ceaușescu by Frances TylerLittle Birds Big Adventures by Vivienne StraussHenry Moore by Chris Stephens
Modern Art
19 books — 10 voters

The Judgment of Paris by Ross KingThe Abuse of Beauty by Arthur C. DantoOf the Standard of Taste by David HumeThe Transfiguration of the Commonplace by DantoWhat Art Is by Arthur C. Danto
My Exploration on Art Theory
24 books — 3 voters
Ways of Seeing by John BergerPoses for Artists Volume 4 - Couples Poses by Justin R. MartinPoses for Artists Volume 3 - Fighting and Various Poses by Justin R. MartinPoses for Artists Volume 2 - Standing Poses by Justin R. MartinThe Death of the Author by Roland Barthes
Contemporary Art
20 books — 13 voters


G.K. Chesterton
Modern art has to be what is called ‘intense.’ it is not easy to define being intense; but, roughly speaking, it means saying only one thing at a time, and saying it wrong.
G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions

Jackson Pollock and Hugh Hefner both rose to prominence in the 1950s, though Pollock’s appeal was that no one understood him, and Hefner’s appeal was that no one misunderstood him. When Modern men think of art, they tend to think of such highs and lows. In the midst of this daring game of extremes, art lost the common touch.
Joshua Gibbs, Love What Lasts: How to Save Your Soul from Mediocrity

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