Theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in the Visual Arts

Book Series

New & Published Titles:

Doubt

By Richard Shiff

In an age where art history’s questions are now expected to receive answers, Richard Shiff presents a challenging alternative. In this essential new addition to…

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97309-0 (Routledge)

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Ways Around Modernism

By Stephen Bann

Stephen Bann examines the arguments for the centrality of French modernist painting. He begins by focusing particularly on the notion of the modernist break, as…

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97422-6 (Routledge)

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Master Narratives and their Discontents

By James Elkins

In this bracing engagement with the many versions of art history, James Elkins argues that the story of modernism and postmodernism is almost always told…

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97270-3 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Art History Since the Sixties
By Pamela M. Lee
To be published September 1st 2009

Last Experiences of Painting
By Joseph Leo Koerner
To be published April 15th 2009