A radical re-evaluation of American modernism through four generations of artists and their work – now in paperback.
"That rarity of rarities, an opinionated but not eccentric scholarly history by a veteran museum curator whose every page crackles with original thinking and bears the stamp of a preternaturally sharp eye? Excellent reproductions and crisp typography complement the lucid prose." —Wall Street Journal
Twentieth-century art in America has long been understood in two very separate distinct halves: pre-World War II, often considered as inferior and provincial; and the triumphant, international post-war work that made a complete break with everything that went before. Agee discovers exciting new connections between artists and artworks, which strongly suggest that 1945 was not such a dividing line in art history after all. His fresh research offers an innovative approach and a brilliant take on art history.
- ISBN10 0714875244
- ISBN13 9780714875248
- Publish Date 5 September 2017 (first published 28 March 2016)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 2 February 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Phaidon Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English