History of modern art : painting, sculpture, architecture, photography /
- 4th ed. / Marla F. Prather, revising author, fourth edition.
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998.
- 856 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
"Daniel Wheeler, revising author, third edition."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 806-828) and index.
The prehistory of modern painting -- Realism, Impressionism, and early photography -- Post-impressionism -- The origins of modern architecture and design -- Art nouveau -- The origins of modern sculpture -- Fauvism -- Expressionism in Germany -- The figurative tradition in early twentieth-century sculpture -- Cubism -- Towards abstraction -- Early twentieth-century architecture -- From fantasy to Dada and the new objectivity -- The school of Paris between the wars -- Surrealism -- Modern architecture between the wars -- International abstraction between the wars -- American art before World War II -- Abstract Expressionism and the new American sculpture -- Postwar European art -- Pop art and Europe's new realism -- Sixties abstraction -- The second wave of international style architecture -- The pluralistic seventies -- The retrospective eighties -- Postmodernism in architecture -- Epilogue.
A study of the artistic roots, styles, schools, and works of twentieth-century painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography.