Art Styles: C First World War to 1960


"Abstract Art"

The Masters of Abstraction

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"Taschen Basic Genre Series" series; Covering early Cubism and Futurism, and Op art and Minimalism, this book encompasses various forms of non-figurative expression. It explores the diverse ways artists from the early 20th century, beginning with Kandinsky, through the 1960s used abstraction to express artistic ideas. With illustrations. Paperback, 96 pages. Size: 185 x 230 mm. Weight: 356g.
Author:  Elger, Dietmar
ISBN:  3822856207
Publisher:  Taschen Gmbh
Date:  2008  (Germany)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"The Situationist International"

A User's Guide

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This book is the first to present in a single volume a complete guide to one of the most notorious and radical art movements of the twentieth century. With 210 colour & b&w illustrations. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 250 x 190 mm. Weight: 749g.
Author:  Ford, Simon
ISBN:  1904772056
Publisher:  Black Dog Publishing Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"War Paint"

Art, War, State and Identity in Britain, 1939-1945

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"Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art" series; An examination of British war art during the Second World War, this work delves into what art meant to Britain and its people at a time when the nation's very survival was under threat. It probes the impact of war art on the relations between art, state patronage, and public interest in art. With 175 b&w illustrations + 35 colour images. Hardback, 264 pages. Size: 270 x 217 mm. Weight: 1324g.
Author:  Foss, Brian
ISBN:  0300108907
Publisher:  Yale University Press
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Mexican Modernity"

The Avant-Garde and the Technological Revolution

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A secret history of Mexican modernity told through five artifacts -- cameras, typewriters, radio, cement, stadiums -- and the radical transformation of art and literature they brought about in the 1920s and 1930s. With 10 colour, 71 black & white illustrations. Hardback, 248 pages. Size: 211 x 238 mm. Weight: 1006g.
Author:  Gallo, Ruben
ISBN:  0262072645
Publisher:  Mit Press Ltd
Date:  2005  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Picasso and Gertrude Stein"

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"Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications" series; The Portrait of Gertrude Stein was the first major work by Pablo Picasso to enter The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book recounts the extraordinary circumstances that led to Stein's first posing session and argues that the portrait played a key role not only in Picasso's work as a painter but also in his subject's creative life. With 25 black & white illustrations and 25 colour images. Paperback, 56 pages. Size: 279 x 216 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  Giroud, Vincent Andre
ISBN:  0300120990
Publisher:  Yale University Press
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Abstraction and the Holocaust"

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Looks at a series of American art and architectural projects that respond to the memory of the Holocaust. This work investigates how abstract artists and architects - whose work by its very nature rejects conventional figuration or symbolism - have negotiated Holocaust memory without ever representing the Holocaust directly. With 100 b&w illustrations + 40 colour images. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 256 x 192 mm. Weight: 1237g.
Author:  Godfrey, Mark
ISBN:  030012676X
Publisher:  Yale University Press
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Abstract Art"

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"Movements in Modern Art" series; This work rejects the view that abstraction can be traced as a succession of stylistic trends, each set within its particular art-historical context. It offers readings of specific paintings by such artists as Kasimir Malevich, Naum Gabo, Piet Mondrian and Jackson Pollock. With 60 colour illustrations, bibliography, index. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 241 x 171 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  Gooding, Mel
ISBN:  1854373021
Publisher:  Tate Publishing
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Gillian Ayres"

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This text traces the career of British abstract painter Gillian Ayres, placing it within historical, contemporary and critical contexts. The book reproduces in colour over 130 of her paintings, and highlights the diversity in her style and manner. With 134 colour and 32 b&w illustrations. Hardback, 191 pages. Size: 253 x 297 mm. Weight: 1406g.
Author:  Gooding, Mel
ISBN:  0853318093
Publisher:  Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"John Hoyland"

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Traces the career of the renowned contemporary artist, John Hoyland. Hoyland emerged as Britain's leading abstract painter in the 1960s, exhibiting with both the influential Situation group in 1960 and '61 and the young New Generation artists in 1965. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1991. With 182 illustrations, 170 in colour. Hardback, 204 pages. Size: 287 x 260 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author:  Gooding, Mel
ISBN:  050009330X
Publisher:  Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Tertiary Education (Us: College) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Kandinsky"

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Kandinsky influenced virtually the entire spectrum of modern art, but for decades much of his work languished unseen in the former USSR. The opening up of the old USSR in 1989 brought many of his previously unseen works to light, and this monograph on Kandinsky takes these findings into account. With 456 illustrations, 230 in colour. Hardback, 432 pages. Size: 320 x 250 mm. Weight: 3077g.
Author:  Hahl-Koch, Jelena
ISBN:  0500092303
Publisher:  Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date:  1993  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Bacon and Sutherland"

Bacon and Sutherland

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"Paul Mellon Centre for Studies" series; Francis Bacon (1909-1992) and Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) were two of the most compelling and influential of modern British artists. This book is the first to consider their artistic dialogue in depth, offering a rich and subtle analysis of the two artists' work up to 1950. With 20 colour images, 102 b&w illustrations. Hardback, 224 pages. Size: 270 x 220 mm. Weight: 1508g.
Author:  Hammer, Martin
ISBN:  030010796X
Publisher:  Yale University Press
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Graham Sutherland"

Landscapes, War Scenes, Portraits 1924-1950

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A monograph on the works of Graham Sutherland. Comprises 80 oils and works of paper drawn from public and private collections throughout the UK and offers a selective interpretation of his painting. With 95 illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 280 x 240 mm. Weight: 957g.
Author:  Hammer, Martin
ISBN:  1857594045
Publisher:  Antique Collectors' Club Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Franz Marc the Watercolours, Works on Paper, Sculpture and Decorative Arts"

The Complete Works

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This volume, the second of a three-part catalogue raisonne of Franz Marc's work, is devoted to the watercolours, works on paper, sculpture and decorative arts. All the pieces included have been newly researched and documented by the Stadtische Galerie at the Lenbachhaus in Munich. With 270 colour & 160 b/w illustrations. Hardback, 440 pages. Size: 292 x 265 mm. Weight: 2995g.
Author:  Hoberg, Annegret Jansen, Isabelle
ISBN:  0856675911
Publisher:  Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Date:  2004  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Art Styles: C First World War to 1960 (V. 2)

"The New American Abstraction 1950 - 1970"

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With 2051 illustrations, 934 in colour. Hardback, 2096 pages. Size: 280 x 240 mm. Weight: 3599g.
Author:  Humblet, Claudine
ISBN:  8861300723
Publisher:  Skira
Date:  2007  (Italy)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

"Futurism"

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"Movements in Modern Art" series; Futurism, brainchild of the Italian writer and impresario, F.T. Marinetti, was the defining avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. This book traces it from its origins in dissident underground politics in 1909 to its ultimately fatal relationship with Mussolini's regime between the wars. With 40 colour and 20 b&w illustrations. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 241 x 171 mm. Weight: 266g.
Author:  Humphreys, Richard
ISBN:  185437253X
Publisher:  Tate Publishing
Date:  1998  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Art Styles: C First World War to 1960

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