Styles, Schools and Movements: An Encyclopaedic Guide to Modern Art

One hundred entries presenting the styles, schools and movements of the most dynamic period in art history, from the end of the nineteenth to early twenty‐first century, are presented in this new encyclopaedic guide to modern art. Entries selected represent the most significant developments in modern art, bringing together painting, sculpture, architecture and design. Subjects progress in roughly chronological order from Impressionism through Cubism, Art Deco, Art Brut and Neo‐Dada to more contemporary movements, for example, Body Art, Installation, Sound Art and Video Art.

Author Amy Dempsey takes a contextual approach to the study of each movement, incorporating historical and...