La pittura moderna. Breve storia da Cézanne ai nostri giorni

Comprehensive, authoritative, interesting and generously illustrated, this work by Herbert Read on modern painting was rightly acknowledged as "the best introduction by far to the topic" (Alan Bowness). The author traces the path of modern painting from its roots in the works of Cézanne, through Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism and Dadaism, to the abstract expressionism of the 1950s. The works of Frank Stella, Richard Hamilton, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and many other artists are analysed by Caroline Tisdall and William Feaver in a final outstanding chapter that brings us up to the 1970s and points to exciting new developments. This is an indispensable reference work which bears witness to the genius of Herbert Read, artist, poet and art historian.