{"product_id":"2026200014986-secondhand-american-art-of-the-20th-century","title":"American Art Of The 20Th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark survey of one of the most turbulent and transformative periods in creative history, Sam Hunter's American Art of the 20th Century is an authoritative and richly illustrated chronicle of the movements, artists, and ideas that defined American visual culture from the early 1900s through the latter decades of the twentieth century. The work maps a sweeping cultural geography — from the raw energies of the Ashcan School and the seismic disruptions of Abstract Expressionism to the ironic detachment of Pop Art and the cool precision of Minimalism — presenting each chapter of American art history with scholarly rigour and passionate clarity. With 839 illustrations, including 165 in full colour, the volume presents an unparalleled visual archive that allows readers to experience the works themselves alongside Hunter's incisive critical commentary.\n\nHunter writes with the confidence of a seasoned art historian whose career was dedicated to interpreting American modernism for a global audience, and his prose is both accessible and intellectually demanding, making this volume equally valuable to the general reader and the specialist. American Art of the 20th Century argues that the United States did not merely participate in the international avant-garde — it ultimately came to lead it, reshaping the cultural centres of gravity away from Europe and toward New York. Published by Thames and Hudson, this definitive reference remains an essential cornerstone of any serious art history library, and a compelling reminder that the story of American art is, at its heart, a story of perpetual reinvention.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203109593307,"sku":"2026200014986-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/10d3c28c-077a-4333-b888-f6dd2d7e64a2.png?v=1788143938","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014986-secondhand-american-art-of-the-20th-century","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}