Item #155246 A Fine Disregard: What Makes Modern Art Modern. Kirk Varnedoe.
A Fine Disregard: What Makes Modern Art Modern

A Fine Disregard: What Makes Modern Art Modern

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990. Softcover. White wraps, 319 pp., BW & color illustrations. VG (light scuffing to wraps and block). Item #155246
ISBN: 9780810925748

A very well received explanation and description of modern art. According to Library Journal, Varnedoe (director of painting and sculpture, Museum of Modern Art) identifies four characteristics -- juxtaposition of near and far, fragmentation and repetition, primitivism, and a viewpoint from above -- which he discusses in the context of art from 1870 to 1950."

OCLC: 20453107

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