FirstCity
Welcome to First City University College Library iPortal | library@firstcity.edu.my | +603-7735 2088 (Ext. 519)
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Visions of modern art : painting and sculpture from The Museum of Modern Art / edited by John Elderfield.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Museum of Modern Art ; London : Thames & Hudson, 2003.Description: 350 p. : col. ill. ; 31cmISBN:
  • 0870707000
Subject(s): Review: "Offering a congent overview of modern art since 1880, the works selected for this volume reflect the richness of the collection, which is distinguished by "masterworks" and less well-known yet equally pivotal examples of painting and sculptures. An anthology of texts drawn from the Museum's archives and publications accompanies the illustrations. These writings date from 1929 - an excerpt from the catalogue of the first loan exhibition, which featured the work of Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, and Seurat - to 2002 - a test from the catalogue of a Gerhard Richter retrospective of that year. Spanning three quarters of a century, the explication of images reveals the fluctuating preferences and contingencies of history, while the diversity of voices range from the scholarly and art-historical to the poetic and personal. The result is a lively, diverse, and often surprising interpretation of a work of art."--BOOK JACKET.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Open Collection Open Collection FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Open Collection FCUC Library 709.04 VIS 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00015785
Total holds: 0
Browsing FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE shelves, Shelving location: FCUC Library, Collection: Open Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
709.04 TIS 1977 Futurism / 709.04 TOP 2002 Blowup : 709.04 TWE The 20th-century art book. 709.04 VIS 2003 Visions of modern art : 709.04 YEN How To Look At Modern Art 709.040074 SOL Masterpieces from the Guggenheim Museum : 709.04012 DUN 1988 Art deco /

"Offering a congent overview of modern art since 1880, the works selected for this volume reflect the richness of the collection, which is distinguished by "masterworks" and less well-known yet equally pivotal examples of painting and sculptures. An anthology of texts drawn from the Museum's archives and publications accompanies the illustrations. These writings date from 1929 - an excerpt from the catalogue of the first loan exhibition, which featured the work of Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, and Seurat - to 2002 - a test from the catalogue of a Gerhard Richter retrospective of that year. Spanning three quarters of a century, the explication of images reveals the fluctuating preferences and contingencies of history, while the diversity of voices range from the scholarly and art-historical to the poetic and personal. The result is a lively, diverse, and often surprising interpretation of a work of art."--BOOK JACKET.

21081