This accessible, foundational volume explores how modern art developed around the world by comparing contexts and artistic production in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa from circa 1850 through the 1960s.

To provide a broader, more comprehensive view of modern art, chronological and thematic approaches will be used and selections from all regions of the world will be included-from Africa, Asia, the Americas, as well as Europe. Each section begins with an overview of the region leading into more detailed case studies of specific countries' historical contexts, including their cultural and aesthetic values and the ways in which cultures have interacted with regional neighbours and outside forces. Examples of specific artists and groups will be discussed for each country and will illuminate themes that illustrate cultural distinctions and connect to broader modern trends traced throughout the text.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars working in art history, modernism, globalization and decolonization.

About the Author

Margaret Richardson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Fine Art and Art History at Christopher Newport University.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032406794
Author Margaret A. Richardson
Format Paperback
Page Count 282
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g