Title:
What are you looking at? : the surprising, shocking, and sometimes strange story of 150 years of modern art / Will Gompertz.
ISBN:
9780525952671
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Dutton, [2012]
©2012
Physical Description:
xxi, 435 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction : What are you looking at? -- The fountain, 1917 -- Pre-Impressionism : getting real, 1820-70 -- Impressionism : painters of modern life, 1870-90 -- Post-Impressionism : branching out, 1880-1906 -- Cézanne : the father of us all, 1839-1906 -- Primitivism, 1880-1930/Fauvism, 1905-10 : primal scream -- Cubism : another point of view, 1907-14 -- Futurism : fast forward, 1909-19 -- Kandinsky/Orphism/Blue Rider : the sound of music, 1910-14 -- Suprematism/Constructivism : the Russians, 1915-25 -- Neo-Plasticism : gridlock. 1917-31 -- Bauhaus : school reunion, 1919-33 -- Dadaism : anarchy rules, 1916-23 -- Surrealism : living the dream, 1924-45 -- Abstract Expressionism : the Grand Gesture, 1943-70 -- Pop art : retail therapy, 1956-70 -- Conceptualism/Fluxus/Arte Povera/performance art : mind games, 1952 onward -- Minimalism : untitled, 1960-75 -- Postmodernism : false identity, 1970-89 -- Art now : fame and fortune, 1988-2008-today.
Summary:
"We all know what Modern Art looks like. We've seen Monet's water lilies, we've admired Picasso's nudes, and we've gawked at Damien's shark, as well as the price tag. But what does it all mean? What is Modern Art? Who started it? Why do we love/hate it? And why is it such big money? What Are You Looking At? takes the reader on a captivating tour of modern art from Impressionism to the present day, telling the story of the movements, the artists and the wonderful works that not only changed art forever, but helped create and define the modern world. Refreshing, irreverent and extremely accessible, the book is rich with extraordinary tales and anecdotes - a coffee morning in Paris with Monet and the Impressionists, Marcel Duchamp purchasing his famous urinal, Sir Nicholas Serota, the Director of the Tate Empire confessing his terror at not knowing what to think every time he encounters a work of art for the first time."-- Provided by publisher.
OCLC Number:
ocn804144665
Availability:
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