Modern Art And The New Past
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the crossroads of tradition and innovation, Modern Art and the New Past presents a searching and authoritative examination of twentieth-century art, arguing that the modern movement cannot be fully understood without a reckoning with its historical inheritance. James Thrall Soby, one of the most respected American art critics of his era, chronicles the development of modern art through a series of incisive essays that illuminate the dialogue between contemporary artists and the masters who preceded them. With an introduction by Paul J. Sachs, the collection draws connections between the revolutionary and the historical, revealing how artists such as Picasso, de Chirico, and Miró were in constant, creative conversation with the past. Soby's prose is marked by clarity, erudition, and a connoisseur's eye — qualities that made him a singular voice at MoMA and in the pages of the Saturday Review. Rather than treating modernism as a clean break from tradition, he illustrates how the new and the old are inextricably bound, each redefining the other across time. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, this essential volume remains a cornerstone text for anyone seeking to understand why modern art looks the way it does — and what, precisely, it is reacting against.
Author: James Thrall Soby
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the crossroads of tradition and innovation, Modern Art and the New Past presents a searching and authoritative examination of twentieth-century art, arguing that the modern movement cannot be fully understood without a reckoning with its historical inheritance. James Thrall Soby, one of the most respected American art critics of his era, chronicles the development of modern art through a series of incisive essays that illuminate the dialogue between contemporary artists and the masters who preceded them. With an introduction by Paul J. Sachs, the collection draws connections between the revolutionary and the historical, revealing how artists such as Picasso, de Chirico, and Miró were in constant, creative conversation with the past. Soby's prose is marked by clarity, erudition, and a connoisseur's eye — qualities that made him a singular voice at MoMA and in the pages of the Saturday Review. Rather than treating modernism as a clean break from tradition, he illustrates how the new and the old are inextricably bound, each redefining the other across time. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, this essential volume remains a cornerstone text for anyone seeking to understand why modern art looks the way it does — and what, precisely, it is reacting against.