Towards a Modern Art World: Studies in British Art I Volume 1

When the story of modern art is told, British artists are mentioned infrequently or not at all. In this book, distinguished art historians attempt to explain the marginal position of British modern art by examining the development of the London art world--its institutions and individual artists--over the past two centuries.

Chapters discuss artists as diverse as William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, W.P. Frith, Walter Sickert, and Henry Moore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300063806
• ISBN13: 9780300063806
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 2.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.2"