Binding: Paperback
Description: Jackson Pollock Georgia O Keeffe Andy Warhol Julian Schnabel and Laurie Anderson are just some of the major American artists of the twentieth century. From the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the 2000 Whitney Biennial a rapid succession of art movements and different styles reflected the extreme changes in American culture and society as well as America's position within the international art world. This exciting new look at twentieth century American art explores the relationships between American art museums and audiences in the century that came to be called the American century'. Extending beyond New York it covers the emergence of Feminist art in Los Angeles in the 1970s; the Black art movement; the expansion of galleries and art schools; and the highly political public controversies surrounding arts funding. All the key movements are fully discussed including early American Modernism the New Negro movement Regionalism Abstract Expressionism Pop Art and Neo - Expressionism.
Title: Twentieth - Century American Art
Author(s): Doss Erika (Professor Of Art History University Of Colorado Boulder)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192842398
Pages: 288 Pages, Numerous Colour And Halftones
Publication Date: 7/18/2002
Series: Oxford History of Art
Category: History Of Art & Design Styles: From C 1900 -