Art : The Twentieth Century

This book on the art of the twentieth century is published almost ten years after the end of the so-called "short century"which, in terms of art, was anything but shortand is a valuable tool for reflection. The author has placed a series of works in sequence, accompanied by easy to understand critical commentary. With concise introductions devoted to every significant art movement and more than 400 color illustrations, this volume enables the reader to become familiar with the fascinating and complex world of contemporary art from futurism to pop-art, dada to conceptual. Presented are some of the most famous artists of the twentieth-centuryfrom Arp to Brancusi, Bacon to Basquiat, Gris to Koons, Gaudi to Schnabel, Warhol to Grant Woodand their greatest masterworksnever before have they been so accessible as they are in this format.

Flaminio Gualdoni is professor of art history at the Accademia di Brera. He is the director of the magazines FMR and Eikon. He is the former director of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro.