'An excellent introduction, well-written and superbly illustrated.' Gaby Esser-Hall, University College Northampton, UK'Modern Art: A Critical Introduction does exactly what it says on the cover ... An excellent comprehensive introduction to the subject.' History of Art and Visual Culture

• 1. What, When and Where was Modernism?  2. Retreats from the Urban  3. Monuments, Modernism and the Public Space  4. The Nude in Modernity and Postmodernity  5. From the Machine Aesthetic to Technoculture  6. Modernism and Realism in US Art  7. The Artist and the Museum: Muse or Nemesis?  8. Identity Politics in Photography and Performance Art

'An excellent introduction, well-written and superbly illustrated.' Gaby Esser-Hall, University College Northampton, UK'Modern Art: A Critical Introduction does exactly what it says on the cover ... An excellent comprehensive introduction to the subject.' History of Art and Visual Culture

• 1. What, When and Where was Modernism?  2. Retreats from the Urban  3. Monuments, Modernism and the Public Space  4. The Nude in Modernity and Postmodernity  5. From the Machine Aesthetic to Technoculture  6. Modernism and Realism in US Art  7. The Artist and the Museum: Muse or Nemesis?  8. Identity Politics in Photography and Performance Art

'An excellent introduction, well-written and superbly illustrated.' Gaby Esser-Hall, University College Northampton, UK'Modern Art: A Critical Introduction does exactly what it says on the cover ... An excellent comprehensive introduction to the subject.' History of Art and Visual Culture

• 1. What, When and Where was Modernism?  2. Retreats from the Urban  3. Monuments, Modernism and the Public Space  4. The Nude in Modernity and Postmodernity  5. From the Machine Aesthetic to Technoculture  6. Modernism and Realism in US Art  7. The Artist and the Museum: Muse or Nemesis?  8. Identity Politics in Photography and Performance Art