Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960 books

A history of modernism in the teaching of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning at Harvard.  Read More >>

Joan Mitchell (1926-1992) was one of the few women among the first-rank abstract expressionist painters. This illustrated...  Read More >>

An investigation of the work of Amadee Ozenfant, critic, writer, painter and one of the voices of the modernist...  Read More >>

Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) is recognised as the most significant Cubist sculptor of the 20th century; the artist...  Read More >>

This biography of Mark Gertler reappraises an extraordinary artist. Gertler was admired and encouraged by Walter...  Read More >>

With its signature style that marries Cubism and Surrealism with Afro-Cuban and Caribbean motifs, the art of Wifredo...  Read More >>

Traces the Surrealist movement from its origins in the 1920s, to its decline in the 1950s and 1960s. It tells the...  Read More >>

A study of the intricate dialogue between Picasso and the multiple cultures of his early life. Natasha Staller argues...  Read More >>

This volume features work from the private Rosengart Collection, which now comprises the Rosengart Museum, opening...  Read More >>

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This is a monograph on Wallace Putnam, a significant but unappreciated artist who burst on the scene in 1936 as...  Read More >>

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An examination of how modernity was expressed in Sweden during the 20th century. Over 200 illustrations document...  Read More >>

Picasso's War sheds light on the conflict that was an ominous prelude to WWII and delivers an unforgettable portrait...  Read More >>

Picasso's War sheds light on the conflict that was an ominous prelude to WWII and delivers an unforgettable portrait...  Read More >>

Picasso's War sheds light on the conflict that was an ominous prelude to WWII and delivers an unforgettable portrait...  Read More >>

Designed by Walter Gropius, the Dessau Bauhaus encapsulates the ethos of the school's revolutionary thinking. With...  Read More >>

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A detailed survey of Fallingwater, illustrated with photographs and drawings.  Read More >>

Together, these essays show that although there were many points of intersection--historical, metaphorical, theoretical,...  Read More >>

Damien Hirst is one of the most controversial, influential, and fascinating artists working today, and arguably...  Read More >>

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Sixteen of the artist's most famous works in miniature format, among them ""Water Snakes II,"" ""The Kiss,"" ""Judith...  Read More >>

"Published to accompany the exhibition ""Expressionist Utopias"" mounted at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1993,...  Read More >>