Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art, 1880 to Now: Highlights from the Museum of Modern Art, New York

by Deborah Wye, David Elliott, Wendy Weitman

This study of the modern and contemporary periods approaches art from intertwining historic and thematic perspectives. Four fundamental and pervasive themes, flowering during certain moments yet enduring throughout the years, are explored through examples of work in every medium represented in the Museum's collection. The first section, "Primal," treats work from 1880-1920 that explores primal forces such as sexuality, dreams, illness, death, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870704532
• ISBN13: 9780870704536
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.3" x 11.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher