A rectangular book featuring a repeating number 5 in bronze on it's cover. Half of the image is overlayed with a yellow stripe. The title reads “Art Essentials - Modern Art - Amy Dempsey"
The inside of the book. The left page features an impressionist painting of several colourful figures standing under trees on a golden path. On the right page is the title "Modernisms for a modern world 1900-1918" followed by a short quote in black text on a split yellow and grey background.
The inside of the book. The left page features the title "Ashcan School 1900-1915" followed by a painting of two figures wrestling, with a paragraph of black text beneath it. The right page features black text followed by another painting of two figures fighting inside a wrestling ring. Both pages are on a white background.
The inside of the book. the left page features the title "Cubism 1908-14" followed by several paragraphs of black text. The right page features a large cubist painting in bronze and teal, depicting what appears to be a small table with a socialist newspaper on it. Both pages have a white background.
The inside of the book. The left page features the title "Precisionism" and a painting of the repeating number 5 below it. The right page has several paragraphs of black text. Both pages have white backgrounds.
The inside of the book. The left page features a black and white photo of a figure looking upwards so only their chin and neck are visible. The right page features the title "Search for a new order 1918-45" followed by a short quote in black text on a split yellow and grey background.
The inside of the book. The left page features the title "The Harlem Renaissance" and a black and white photo of two figures standing next to a car, followed by several paragraphs of black text. The right page features an image of a purple figure blowing a hunting horn on a geometric background, followed by several paragraphs of black text. Both images are on white backgrounds.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, A rectangular book featuring a repeating number 5 in bronze on it's cover. Half of the image is overlayed with a yellow stripe. The title reads “Art Essentials - Modern Art - Amy Dempsey"
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, The inside of the book. The left page features an impressionist painting of several colourful figures standing under trees on a golden path. On the right page is the title "Modernisms for a modern world 1900-1918" followed by a short quote in black text on a split yellow and grey background.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, The inside of the book. The left page features the title "Ashcan School 1900-1915" followed by a painting of two figures wrestling, with a paragraph of black text beneath it. The right page features black text followed by another painting of two figures fighting inside a wrestling ring. Both pages are on a white background.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, The inside of the book. the left page features the title "Cubism 1908-14" followed by several paragraphs of black text. The right page features a large cubist painting in bronze and teal, depicting what appears to be a small table with a socialist newspaper on it. Both pages have a white background.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, The inside of the book. The left page features the title "Precisionism" and a painting of the repeating number 5 below it. The right page has several paragraphs of black text. Both pages have white backgrounds.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, The inside of the book. The left page features a black and white photo of a figure looking upwards so only their chin and neck are visible. The right page features the title "Search for a new order 1918-45" followed by a short quote in black text on a split yellow and grey background.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, The inside of the book. The left page features the title "The Harlem Renaissance" and a black and white photo of two figures standing next to a car, followed by several paragraphs of black text. The right page features an image of a purple figure blowing a hunting horn on a geometric background, followed by several paragraphs of black text. Both images are on white backgrounds.

Art Essentials: Modern Art

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Modern Art explores seventy essential topics of modern art in a practical and easy-to-navigate structure, taking the reader through individual movements, from Impressionism to Conceptual Art. Starting with Impressionism in 1860, art historian Amy Dempsey explains the essentials of Modernism, the postwar New Disorder, and beyond.

 

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