Modern Art 1870-2000 from Impressionism to the present day

A comprehensive, milestone-by-milestone review of a groundbreaking art movement

According to many art historians, the adventure of modern art began in the 1870s in Paris, when a group of artists, the Impressionists, began to paint with rapid, imprecise brushstrokes. Instead of bombastic heroic scenes, they portrayed everyday life and escaped the influence of the traditional circle of gallery owners by organising their own exhibitions.

Once they had overcome academicist principles, nothing could stop them. In a constant desire to challenge, innovate and inspire, new artistic styles followed one after the other: symbolism, expressionism, futurism, Dadaism, abstract art, renewed realism, surrealism, abstract expressionism, pop art, minimal art and conceptual art.

This indispensable compendium illustrates the irrepressible energy of modern art (from 1870 to 2000) through an introductory analysis and a year-by-year listing of the most revolutionary works of art, those which, by breaking down barriers, challenged the established canons. With detailed descriptions of the works and their artists and reviews of the most relevant and influential movements.

• Pages: 696
• Language: Spanish
• Author: Hans Werner Holzwarth
• Year: 2016
• MODEL: 9783836555371

Publisher: Taschen