The Modern Eye explores the origins and development of early 20th-century modernism in America through the lens of the major exhibitions that introduced this art to the general public. Author Kristina Wilson shows how modern artists and curators sought to relate high art to mass culture in order to make it accessible to more people, and successfully popularized modern painting and design during the interwar years. A major contribution to our understanding of the origins of modernism, this book captures the vibrant diversity that the term ?modern art? meant at this time. The chapters examine exhibitions held in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, including those organized by Alfred Stieglitz, the Little Review, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. In examining the marketing of modernism, Wilson reveals how these exhibitions attempted to stage an intersection between art and everyday life, and how they taught viewers to look at, and care about, modern art.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-13
9780300149166
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95531069
Product Key Features
Author
Kristina Wilson
Publication Name
The Modern Eye: Stieglitz, Moma, and the Art of the Exhibition, 1925-1934
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Museum Studies
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
261mm
Item Width
212mm
Item Weight
1118g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Kristina Wilson
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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