Modern Art in Detail: 75 Masterpieces

Hardback

Main Details

Title Modern Art in Detail: 75 Masterpieces
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Susie Hodge
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 220
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
Art and design styles - Modernist design and Bauhaus
ISBN/Barcode 9780500239766
ClassificationsDewey:709.04
Audience
General
Illustrations over 650 illustrations in colour and black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 19 October 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Great works of art cannot be fully understood in a single encounter: to revisit and reconsider art again and again throughout one's life is to be richly rewarded with an ever-deepening appreciation and insight. Similar benefits come from analysing a work of painting, sculpture or installation in detail. Modern Art in Detail: 75 Masterpieces spotlights the finer points that even connoisseurs may miss, casting light upon minutiae that a quick glance will almost certainly fail to reveal. These include subtle internal details, and the technical tricks employed by the artist to achieve particular effects. The book also looks at the themes and external and personal factors influencing the creation of an artwork - everything from global political events, to groundbreaking movements such as Cubism, Futurism and Primitivism, and even scientific and mathematical theories, which are often of great relevance. The book examines 75 works of modern art, from Vincent van Gogh's The Church at Auvers-sur-Oise (1890), to Paula Rego's Visions (2015) , deftly charting the shift from the supremacy of artistic technique to the more recent dominance of the idea (or concept) behind the artwork itself.

Author Biography

Susie Hodge is an art historian, author, artist and journalist with more than 100 books to her name. She has an MA in the History of Art from Birkbeck, University of London, and is a Fellow of the RSA. She has twice been named the No. 1 art writer by the Independent.

Reviews

'A handsome and useful guide to how great paintings work their magic upon us' - Independent 'This inspiring book takes you where so many other art books fear to tread: up close ... The results are revelatory' - Artists & Illustrators 'Written entertainingly and with clarity ... Read this and you really will start to appreciate the mastery of the art of our recent times' - The Artist