Modern Art. a History from Impressionism to Today

Bys: Dietmar Elger, Anne Gantefuhrer, Karin H. Grimme, et al.

Book Overview

Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. They turned to everyday street life for subjects, instead of overblown heroic scenes, and they escaped the power of the Salon by organizing their own independent exhibitions.

After this first assault on the artistic establishment, there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3836555395
• ISBN13: 9783836555395
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.7" x 7.9"