Movements -- Realism -- Impressionism -- Post-Impressionism -- Neo-Impressionism -- Art Nouveau -- American Realism -- Modernism -- Fauvism -- Exp-essionism -- Naive Art/Primitivism -- Cubism -- Futurism -- Orphism -- Metaphysical Painting -- Constructivism -- Suprematism -- Dada -- Neo-Plasticism -- Bauhaus -- Magic Realism -- Surrealism -- Abstract Expressionism -- Colour Field -- Spatialism -- Neo-Dada -- Op Art -- Pop Art -- Hard-Edge Painting/Post-Painterly Abstraction -- Fluxus -- Arte Povera -- Post-Modernism -- Conceptual Art -- Performance Art -- Feminist Art -- Minimalism -- Land Art -- Street Art -- Neo-Expressionism -- School of London -- Young British Artists (YBAs) -- The Works -- The Artist's Studio, Gustave Courbet -- La Gare Saint-Lazare, Claude Monet -- The Thinker, Auguste Rodin -- Bar at the Folies-Bergere, Edouard Manet -- Portrait of Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec -- Wheat Field with Cypresses, Vincent van Gogh Evening Calm, Paul Signac -- Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!), Henri Rousseau -- Arearea, Paul Gauguin -- The Card Players, Paul Cezanne -- Madonna, Edvard Munch -- The Turning Road (L'Estaque), Andre Derain -- Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, Gustav Klimt -- Les Demoiselles d Avignon, Pablo Picasso -- Mademoiselle Pogany, Constantin Brancusi -- Bicycle Wheel, Marcel Duchamp -- Berlin Street Scene, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner -- Prismes Electriques, Sonia Delaunay-Terk -- The Song of Love, Giorgio de Chirico -- Armoured Train in Action, Gino Severini -- Black Square, Kazimir Malevich -- Monument to the Third International, Vladimir Tatlin -- The Tilled Field, Joan Miro -- In the Bright Oval, Wassily Kandinsky -- Automat, Edward Hopper -- The Treachery of Images, Rene Magritte -- Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, Georgia O'Keeffe -- Composition in White, Red and Yellow, Piet Mondrian -- Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, Frida Kahlo Pelagos, Barbara Hepworth -- Alchemy, Jackson Pollock -- Tree of Life, Henri Matisse -- Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?, Richard Hamilton -- 1957, #20, Mark Rothko -- Three Flags, Jasper Johns -- Spatial Concept ̀Waiting', Lucio Fontana -- Campbell's Soup Cans, Andy Warhol -- Shuttle II, Bridget Riley -- Untitled (12 Horses), Jannis Kounellis -- Self-Portrait with Blood, Ana Mendieta -- TV Cello, Nam June Paik -- Untitled (Black Skull), Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Three Ball 50/50 Tank (Two Spalding Dr.} Silver Series, Wilson Supershot), Jeff Koons -- Reflection (Self-Portrait), Lucian Freud -- Away from the Flock, Damien Hirst -- The Matter of Time, Richard Serra -- Maman, Louise Bourgeois -- Bangkok VI, Andreas Gursky -- Levitated Mass, Michael Heizer -- All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins, Yayoi Kusama -- Themes -- The Figure -- Animals -- Nature -- Landscape -- Portraits -- Still Life -- Light -- Time Dynamism -- Colour -- Shape and Line -- Abstraction -- Memory -- Music -- Patriotism -- Industrialization -- Urban Environment -- Socializing -- The Holocaust -- Religion -- Social Commentary -- Consumerism -- Transformation -- Self/Identity -- Race -- Gender -- Techniques -- Drawing -- Bronze Casting -- Oil on Canvas -- Impasto -- Pointillism -- Pastel -- Lithography -- Woodcut -- Stone Carving -- Wood Carving -- Collage -- Mixed Media -- Readymade -- Assemblage -- Gouache -- Automatism -- Enamel Paint -- Encaustic -- Screen-Printing -- Acrylic -- Industrial Materials -- Spray Paint -- Photography -- Video Art.
Summary:
The Short Story of Modern Art explains the how, why and when of modern art - who introduced certain things, what they were, where they were produced, and why they matter. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key works - from the realist painting of Courbet to a contemporary installation by Yayoi Kusama - and then links them to the most important movements, themes and techniques. Accessible, concise and richly illustrated, the book reveals the connections between different periods, artists and styles, giving readers a thorough understanding and broad enjoyment of modern art.
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