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Parmesani, Loredana, 1952-

Art of the twentieth century : movements, theories, schools and tendencies, 1900-2000 / Loredana Parmesani.

Milano : Skira : Giò Marconi ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in North America and Latin America by Abbeville Pub., ©2000.

110 pages, 80 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

What happened in art during the past century? What was the progression of movements, artistic theories and trends in the visual arts from 1990 to 2000? What were the codes of the ideas that generated the various works or the proper understanding of the various historical periods? This volume by Loredana Parmesani, art critic and author of numerous publications on contemporary art, collects and documents the birth, development and decline of the 20th century artistic movements in Italy and abroad: from Expressionism to Surrealism, from Cobra to Fluxus, from Pop Art to Body Art, from Postmodern to graffitism. The volume functions as a small dictionary-guide, a helpful manual for approaching the art world of this century and a very useful reference source for lovers of contemporary art and the public at large.

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- History.

Arte del secolo. English

Translation of: Arte del secolo. Milan : Skira, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (page 100) and index.

Introduction / Giorgio Marconi -- The continuation of the nineteenth century and the breakthrough:toward the avant-garde movements -- Expressionism -- Cubism -- Futurism -- Der blaue reiter -- Abstract art -- The Russian avant-garde movements -- Metaphysical painting -- Dada -- Surrealism -- Ecole de Paris -- Realism between the two wars: the reaction to the avant-garde -- In Italy: valori plastici, novecento, magic realism, antinovecento, corrente -- In the world: new objectivity, socialist realism, Mexican mural painting -- The return of the avant-garde -- Abstract expressionism, action painting, colour-field painting -- Art brut -- CoBra -- Art informel -- Happening -- Fluxus -- Art outside the movements -- Spatial art -- Nuclear movement -- Neo-dada -- Nouveau realisme -- Op art -- Kinetic and programmed art -- Pop art -- Pop art in the United States -- Pop art in Europe -- Visual poetry -- Minimal art -- Land art -- Conceptual art -- Arte povera -- Body art -- Hyper-realism -- Post-modernism -- Transavantgarde -- Graffiti art -- Offshoots of post-modernism -- The contemporary period.

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