Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction

by David Cottington

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As public interest in modern art continues to grow, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining its contemporary relevance and its history.

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Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction
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When Rachel Whiteread's sculpture Monument (Plate I) was installed on the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square on 4 June 2001, the response reported in, and offered by, British national newspapers the next ... (show all)day was entirely predictable.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It remains to be seen whether we can have our cake and eat it too.

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Art & Design, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS
709.04Arts & recreationArtsHistory, geographic treatment, biographyBy Period1900-1999 20th century; Modern art
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N6490 .C68Fine ArtsVisual artsHistory
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