{"product_id":"9780789324689-1","title":"Isms: Understanding Modern Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn engaging and informative guide to all the significant \"isms\"—schools and movements—that have shaped modern and contemporary art from Impressionism to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing on the heels of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eIsms: Understanding Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e comes this handy small-format guide to the history and development of modern art since the Impressionist era. Loaded with reproductions of key artworks and rounded out with a glossary and index of names, this guide is the best single-volume concise introduction to modern art for beginners, as well as an engaging new way of conceptualizing modern art for aficionados and collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e...isms: Understanding Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e sorts art into a chronological sequence of more than 55 movements and schools, or \"isms.\" Beginning with Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, and Symbolism, it progresses through all the major and minor art movements of the twentieth century (Fauvism, German Expressionism, Futurism, Dadaism, and Social Realism among others) through the postwar era up to the present. Featuring 110 beautiful full-color reproductions of key artworks illustrating the important concepts of each artistic movement, \u003ci\u003e...isms: Understanding Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e is like a virtual gallery of the finest modern masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded are a glossary, a list of principal names (artists, collectors, patrons), a gazetteer, and a chronology, making this the best single-volume guide to modern art for beginners while also offering cognoscenti an intriguing new way of conceptualizing the visual arts of the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042046001392,"sku":"9780789324689","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780789324689_p0.jpg?v=1763807541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780789324689-1","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}