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 | | Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Sam Hunter, John M. Jacobus, Daniel Wheeler ISBN-10: 9780139247057 ISBN-10: 0-13-924705-X ISBN-13: 9780139247057 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-924705-7 Paperback 2000-01 HNA Books Find Lowest Price |
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Book Description Almost a half century ago, the painter Willem de Kooning said: "There's no way of looking at a work of art by itself; it's not self-evident-it needs a history, it needs a lot of talking about." The great works of modern art get talked about in this highly literate narrative overview, which traces modernism's radical essence-from its origins in the late 19th century right through the 1990s-with thoroughness, zest, and an engaging sense of adventure. he Revised Third Edition of this popular text contains four substantial new chapters-illustrated by some 200 new plates, most in full color-depicting "a new fin de sicle almost exactly one hundred years after the revolutionary works of Czanne, Seurat, Gauguin, and van Gogh left no doubt that the art of the 20th century would be unlike anything known before." 725 photographs, 468 in full color, 8 5/8 x 11 3/8" SAM HUNTER is emeritus professor of art history at Princeton University and a noted critic and historian of modern art. He has written numerous books, including Abrams' The Museum of Modern Art: The History and the Collection. He lives in Skilman, New Jersey. JOHN JACOBUS, a highly regarded authority on architecture, is a professor at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. DANIEL WHEELER is an author, editor, and translator of art books and a recognized expert on modern art. | ||
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Textbook for Modern Art I bought this book for a class, and for a textbook, it's definitely easier to read than most. Unfortunately, it covers a lot of material very quickly, as you must in class, and so jumps from artist to artist and style to style in a bit of a jerky manner. They make the transitions as easy as possible, I just wish we could get more information on the artists, like stories from their lives explaining some of their personalities before we move on to the next. It would make it easier to remember and differentiate between the artists of a period. | ||
HORRIBLE; Basically one long Critique by Three Authors. I would NOT recommend this Book. Hunter, Jacobus and Wheeler are very critical and often lend their opinions intrusively with lack of reason / explanation. I had this book for Two Art History classes, the Instructor rarely referenced it, because of the Authors. If you are new to art or want to learn more this is NOT the book! Example at the end of Chapter 13: "Later, the new style would be used more literally, even daringly, in the "development" of the new city, a process that would also bring with it the wasting, if not complete destruction, of the undervalued heritage of the recent past." Note the Authors spend most of the paragraph bashing the Rockefelier Center in New York. They never explain why it is "bland" or how the effort becomes "pallid". You will literally read chapters over and over, finding little tangible support for the authors conclusions. Imagine the Snobbiest / Know it All Person you know then think about how they would write a book. MINUSES: The pictures: Are way to dark, Some are discolored and Stretched to fit the page. Not enough pictures of Architecture. The chapters are not well organized. The book over concentrates on Language and Voice: Therefore becoming inconclusive gibberish. It Fails to bring meaning to its own Title; Modern Art. By the end of the book the reader has No Idea what Modern Art is in a whole: where it has been, why it changed, stylistic elements, political context, and etc. | ||
Don't even go near this one without a BIG Dictionary. I just completed a college course with this book as the chosen Textbook. The writing was of a much more advanced nature and it actually seemed like it should have been for a more advanced course. Like the title of this review says, you get an advanced English lesson also. It's mainly an Education book, so it probably should be geared more to the Student-through-expert levels. Like most books on art, it is a shame that so many illustrations are in Black & White. It's a cost thing I suppose. The information and opinions were well balanced. The text also has very little unnecessary "Fluff" fillers. I would have no intention of selling the book or trading it away. It's a keeper. | ||
The Best approach Everybody knows the boring of reading introduction material about art. It's always more of the same. Because of that I suspected very much this book with its "open title"... No reason for that: Modern Art is a careful work about 20th century aesthetics, crossing an open and contextual perspective with closed analysis of key works. And best of all, the synthetic approach of painting, sculpture and architecture is very well balanced and justified. It's not a book, but a very good surprise as both an introduction as a very deep analysis of 20th century art. | ||
The Best approach Everybody knows the boring of reading introduction material about art. It's always more of the same. Because of that I suspected very much this book with its "open title"... No reason for that: Modern Art is a careful work about 20th century aesthetics, crossing an open and contextual perspective with closed analysis of key works. And best of all, the synthetic approach of painting, sculpture and architecture is very well balanced and justified. It's not a book, but a very good surprise as both an introduction as a very deep analysis of 20th century art. | ||