Modern Art And Modernism：A Critical Anthology (Icon Editions)

ModernArtandModernismpresentsaselectionoftextsbythemajorcontributorstodebateonthissubject,fromBaudelaireandZolainthenineteenthcenturytoGreenbergandT.J.Clarkinourowntimes.ItoffersabalancedsectionofessaysbycontributorstothemainstreamofModernistcriticism,representativeexamplesofwritingonthethemesofabstractionandexpressioninmodernart,andanumberofimportantcontributionstothediscussionofaestheticsandthesocialroleoftheartist.SeveralofthesearemadeavailableinEnglishtranslationforthefirsttime,andothersarebroughttogetherfromawiderangeofperiodicalsandspecializedcollections.