Arnason and Mansfield’s book offers numerous high resolution, uncropped images of the artworks produced during the modernist era (1860-1999). It also effectively associate artists with movements in a chronological matter while encompassing a wide medium of the art types such as paintings, sculpture, architecture, and photography. This textbook is highly accessible (there are 4 copies at the Decker library) and will be of great use for exposure to multiple artists and artworks of various mediums during specific eras.

 
2. Clay, Jean. From Impressionism to Modern Art. New Jersey: Chartwell Books Inc., 1978.

Jean’s book offers paragraph length, effective summaries of movements and large images of the modernist artworks. The author contributes thoughtful analysis on the artists and works she presents. It is a useful book when in need of assistance for a close-examination and analysis of a certain movement. Found in the Decker Library. 

3. Joachimides, M. Christos, and Rosenthal, Norman (Ed.). The Age of Modernism Art in the 20th Century. Martin-Gropius-Bau:Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie,1997. 

This book, written by multiple authors and edited by Joachimides and Rosenthal, is a publication of the exhibition The Age of Modernism - Art in the 20th Century  held at Berlin in 1997. The book offers lists of the artists and large, high resolution images of their works, categorized into different concepts of the modernist era such as  reality- distortion, abstraction- spirituality, and dream- myth. A large section at the end of the book is dedicated to the biographies of the artists of the exhibition. Also available at the Decker Library.

4. “Modernism.” Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed September 07, 2017.

This web article offers a brief summary of the history of modernism, its artistic developments, and an interpretation of modernism. The bibliography at the end of the article suggests other useful sources for more knowledge on the topic.

5. “What is Modern Art?”Powerpoint Presentation. MoMA Learning, accessed September 07, 2017.

This powerpoint found on the website of MoMA Learning summarizes modernism’s history in brief, bullet pointed slides. Numerous questions are offered to challenge the students to analyze a modernist artwork through the lens of the artist. Lastly, multiple comparisons of artworks are presented to illustrate an instance of how one movement has affected its subsequent ones.

 
6. Wood, Paul. Varieties of Modernism. New Haven: Yale University Press in association with the Open University, 2004. 

Wood’s book includes detailed narratives of the environments of artists during particular movements, suggesting the possible influences they may have adopted. Plenty of annotations, references, images, and conclusions are presented. As the name suggests, is a good read for researching the different varieties of modernism. Found at the Decker Library.

7. Edlis|Neeson Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago., 2015.
8. “Pop Art” Moma Learning, accessed November 12, 2017.

(Henri-Robert-) Marcel Duchamp
(1887-1968)
French

b. 1951
American

Alice Hartley Neel

(1900-1984) 

American

Wood, wire, twine, nails, and house paint, with wax on fabric

Oil and Magna on canvas

Acrylic on Canvas

Woodcut