Making the Americas Modern, 9781786271556
Hardcover
Americas’ art explodes! Modernism’s diverse roots revealed across a hemisphere.

Making the Americas Modern

hemispheric art 1910-1960

$80.71

  • Hardcover

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    14 October 2018

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Summary

Modernizing the Americas: A Hemispheric View of 20th-Century Art

This book offers a bold perspective on the modernization of art in the Americas during the early 20th century. Edward J. Sullivan moves beyond a linear progression of artistic movements, employing a comparative analysis across North America, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.

By examining the Americas holistically, the book reveals compelling narratives of artistic adaptation and experimentation. It …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781786271556
ISBN-10:1786271559
Series:Global Perspectives Art History
Author:Edward J. Sullivan
Publisher:Laurence King Publishing
Imprint:Laurence King Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:14 October 2018
Weight:300g
Dimensions:240mm x 165mm
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Critics Review

”.among Sullivan’s most significant achievements is his wholesale invention of new descriptive language. There is no doubt that this book will aid us all in the urgent project of dissolving the national borders-and patriotic chauvinism-that have shaped art histories. But its most enduring contribution is that it poses questions that we will be striving to answer for some time to come.” -Harper Montgomery, Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas

About The Author

Edward J. Sullivan

Edward J Sullivan is the Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of Art History at New York University. He has written numerous books on 19th- and 20th-century art of the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula.

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