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Modern Art Invasion
Elizabeth Lunday
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Description for Modern Art Invasion
Paperback. Now in paperback, the fascinating story behind the outsiders who staged the 1913 Armory Show in New York, the most important art exhibition in United States history, which introduced Picasso, Duchamp, Matisse, and the rest of Modernism to America. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 18.
In 1910 New York’s art scene was dull and stuck in the past—lagging considerably behind Europe. Before the century reached its midpoint, however, New York would come to dominate the art world. It seemed that in a blink of an eye New York City transformed from provincial backwater to vibrant epicenter of the art world. This incredible transformation was entirely triggered by the Armory Show, the most important art exhibit in U.S. history. Held at Manhattan’s 69th Regiment Armory in 1913, the show brought modernism to America in an unprecedented display of 1300 works by artists including Picasso, Matisse, and Duchamp, ... Read more
In 1910 New York’s art scene was dull and stuck in the past—lagging considerably behind Europe. Before the century reached its midpoint, however, New York would come to dominate the art world. It seemed that in a blink of an eye New York City transformed from provincial backwater to vibrant epicenter of the art world. This incredible transformation was entirely triggered by the Armory Show, the most important art exhibit in U.S. history. Held at Manhattan’s 69th Regiment Armory in 1913, the show brought modernism to America in an unprecedented display of 1300 works by artists including Picasso, Matisse, and Duchamp, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Guilford, United States
ISBN
9781493000623
SKU
V9781493000623
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About Elizabeth Lunday
Elizabeth Lunday is the author of two popular books: Secret Lives of Great Composers and Secrets Lives of Great Artists. The Secret Lives of Great Artists has sold over 25,000 copies and been translated into eight languages. She wrote mental floss's Masterpieces column for six years, and has had stories in ScientificAmerican.com and American Archeology. Secret Lives ... Read more
Reviews for Modern Art Invasion
A vivid, compelling portrait of the Armory Show and its lasting influence on American art.
Kirkus
[I]t is not often that writings on art serve to pump up readers the way a locker room speech might, leaving them primed to charge back out into the world ready to topple the old and usher in the new. But so ... Read more
Kirkus
[I]t is not often that writings on art serve to pump up readers the way a locker room speech might, leaving them primed to charge back out into the world ready to topple the old and usher in the new. But so ... Read more