ArtSpoke: A Guide to Modern Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1848-1944
Average Rating: out of 3 Reviews
Price: $19.95
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Manufacturer: Abbeville Press
UPC (Universal Product Code): 735738003886
EAN (European Article Number): 9781558593886
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Paperback
Author: Robert Atkins
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.034
Publication Date: 1993-04
Reading Level: 224
Description: A dictionary of modern art terms, covering such art trends as impressionism, surrealism, futurism, and fauvism.
Customer Reviews
Review Summary: For my reference shelf
Date: 2007-03-08
Details: I learned about this book during a docent training class I just took. Since it was deemed a reliable source by the museum's staff, I thought it would be one I could count on to help bone up on new exhibits that come to the gallery.
It provides informative overviews of art movements, styles, and historical moments like Nazi Art. It does not provide explanations of media processes. For instance, I was hoping to find a quick definition of the mezzotint printmaking process, and couldn't.
I would recommend this for any art lover's reference library.
Review Summary: Handy reference!
Date: 2007-03-05
Details: This was one of my most indispensable reference books for my art history courses.
Review Summary: Art Explained
Date: 2001-01-14
Details: Modernism, Modern--now I undnerstand the difference! And so much more about twentieth centnury art. Students and experts both will finnd this invaluable. Atkins is a genius in the way he gets these complicated ideas across that I never understood in art history class. Great pictures and chronology, too.
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