Ebook: The modern art invasion : Picasso, Duchamp, and the 1913 Armory Show that scandalized America
Author: Lunday Elizabeth
- Tags: Art Modern -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Art Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. 20th Century ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) Art Modern.
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Lyons Press
- City: New York, N.Y.)
- Language: English
- epub
"The story behind the 1913 Armory Show, the most important art exhibit in U.S. history. Held a century ago, in the winter of 1913, the show brought Modernism to America in an unprecedented display of 1300 works by artists including Picasso, Matisse, and Duchamp. Drawing from primary sources and setting the Armory Show into the context of American culture just before World War I, the book brings the exhibition and Read more...
Abstract: "The story behind the 1913 Armory Show, the most important art exhibit in U.S. history. Held a century ago, in the winter of 1913, the show brought Modernism to America in an unprecedented display of 1300 works by artists including Picasso, Matisse, and Duchamp. Drawing from primary sources and setting the Armory Show into the context of American culture just before World War I, the book brings the exhibition and its era to vivid life"