{"product_id":"modern-art-9783836555395","title":"Modern Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost art historians agree that the \u003cem\u003emodern art\u003c\/em\u003e adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. They turned to everyday street life for subjects, instead of overblown heroic scenes, and they escaped the power of the Salon by organizing their own independent exhibitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter this first assault on the artistic establishment, there was no holding back. In a constant desire to \u003cstrong\u003echallenge, innovate,\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003einspire\u003c\/strong\u003e, one modernist style supplanted the next: Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dada, abstract art, renewed Realism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimal and conceptual practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis indispensable overview traces the restless energy of \u003cem\u003emodern art\u003c\/em\u003e with a \u003cstrong\u003eyear-by-year succession of the groundbreaking artworks that shook standards and broke down barriers\u003c\/strong\u003e. Introductory essays outline the most significant and influential movements alongside explanatory texts for each major work and its artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932309471468,"sku":"9783836555395","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836555395-modern-art.jpg?v=1783859672","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/modern-art-9783836555395","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}