"I very much enjoyed reading the manuscript and there are many things about the book that I like immensely: the social/political grounding, the global reach; discussion of major exhibitions. The writing is excellent."

"More comprehensive than the early 20th-century books currently in use."

"A very good book: comprehensive, formidably intelligent and up to date, brilliantly organized and literate. . . . It covers the ground in a cogent and compelling fashion while making use of the most sophisticated and insightful recent scholarship. "

"This volume is based around an excellent authorial concept: to bring together four of the best writers on twentieth-century art in America, each of whom would rank among the top ten in the world. . . . To read many of these accounts is, as a fellow scholar and a fellow teacher in the field, not just an excitement but a joy. Stylish writing, focussed on an unusual but striking angle of approach to often a much-written object or artist, deeply informed by the latest art historical and theoretical perspectives . . . and all this done with a sharp eye to what will create excitement and, more importantly, enable learning in the classroom. . . . So there is no doubt that this will be a stand-out book . . . "

"A welcome resource that answers the need for a serious, dependable survey of 20th century art—the kind of survey that professors in the field have long awaited. The prospect of having the century encapsulated in a single book by four of our leading scholars . . . is indeed exciting. Without doubt this study . . . will be much discussed and create considerable interest in the field. . . . Provocative and serious, it will surely work to raise the bar of discussion in classrooms in which it will be used; it promises to provide the basis for a more exciting 20th century survey course.

Book overview

Table of Contents

Introductions

How to use this book

Preface

Sample Chapters

Quotes

Slide Sets