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A primer of modern art
Author
Title
A primer of modern art / by Sheldon Cheney.
Published
New York : Boni and Liveright, c1924 (October 1924 printing)
Physical Description
ix, 383 p. : ill., 24 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Tanselle B53 0430: Autograph of Eugene Stibinger dated March 1926, Buenos Aires. Autograph of Marian Stibinger. Bookseller's label: Brentano's, Booksellers & Stationers, New York.
Notes
"With one hundred and seventy-five illustrations."
"First printing, January, 1924; Second printing, October, 1924"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 25, 2007
Contents
Foreward
The approach to modern art
The historical background
The theoretical background
The background in modern life
Impressionism and Post-impressionism
Cubism
Futurism
Schools, fads, and sensations
The swing toward abstraction
The art of mobile color
Expressionism
The geography and anatomy of modern art
Sculpture: Impressionism to Cubism
Sculpture: Expressionism
Architect, decorator, and engineer
The changing theatre
Afterword
List of illustrations, with acknowledgements
Index.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Booksellers' labels (Provenance) - Brentano's.
Also listed under
Boni & Liveright, publisher.
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