Modern: Genius, Madness, and One Tumultuous Decade That Changed Art Forever

Title: Modern: Genius, Madness, and One Tumultuous Decade That Changed Art Forever Author: Philip Hook ISBN: 9781615198672 Publisher: The Experiment Published: 2022 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. C 1615345 Publisher Description: Modern begins on a specific day--March 22, 1905--at a specific place: the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, where works of art we recognize as modern were first exhibited. Drawing on his forty five-year fine art career, author Philip Hook illuminates how this new art came to be--and how truly shocking it was. With Hook's expert guidance, we witness movement upon movement that burst forth in dizzying succession: Fauvism, Expressionism, Primitivism, Sym