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Looks at The Museum of Modern Arts holdings of American art made between 1915 and 1950, and considers the cultural preoccupations of a rapidly changing American society in the first half of the 20th century.

Paul Cezanne, whom Pablo Picasso called the father of us all, is widely considered to be 20th-century modernisms presiding genius. This essay accompanies each work, illuminating its significance and placing it in its historical moment in the development of modern art.

Frederick Wiseman has made films that together form a monumental chronicle of late twentieth-century institutional and cultural life. This title provides a comprehensive overview of Wiseman's work (including projects for theatre and opera), featuring original essays by a variety of writers, critics, filmmakers and actors, and by Wiseman himself.

Considers the broad spectrum of influential German films made between the world wars. This title investigates important themes in films from this period, including the portrayal of women and the role of sound.

Examines the beginnings of Onos extensive career, demonstrating her pioneering role in visual art, performance and music during the 1960s and early 1970s. This book includes an introduction written by a guest scholar, artwork descriptions and key figures from the time. It also features exhibition dedicated exclusively to the artists work.

Explores the individual accomplishments and parallel developments of two of the foremost practitioners of avantgarde photography in Europe and Latin America. This book traces their artistic development from the early 1930s, when the two met in Berlin at the Bauhaus. It also examines the careers of these two influential artists.

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Examines the 20th-century transformation of the kitchen through the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, featuring a wide variety of design objects, architectural plans, posters, archival photographs and artworks ranging from the iconic Frankfurt Kitchen, massproduced for German public housing estates in the aftermath ofWorldWar I.

Formed by Harvey S Shipley Miller, the Judith Rothschild Foundation's trustee, the Museum of Modern Art comprises over 2,500 works on paper by more than 650 artists and was conceived to be the widest possible cross-section of contemporary drawing. This title brings together approximately 250 works from the Foundation's drawings.

By interrogating the most basic ideas of narrative and reality and rejecting classical cinematic ideals, Dutch artist Aernout Miks creates works that are rich in allusion but subversive of codes. This title explores Miks work and process. It discusses the creative aspects of Miks installations that extend the traditional boundaries of media.

Explores the important artists represented in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, and guides readers through various artists' memorable achievements.

Formed by Harvey S Shipley Miller, trustee of the Judith Rothschild Foundation, and given to MoMA in 2005, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection was conceived to be a broad survey of contemporary drawing practice. This catalogue raisonne presents the collection as a whole.

Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns each made a tremendous impact on modern art in the 20th century. As pioneers of revolutionary movements such as Abstract Expressionism and Pop art, they are key figures in the postwar transitions that brought American art to the forefront of the international scene. These latest volumes in the MoMA Artist Series, which explores important artists and favourite works in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, guide readers through a dozen of each artist's most memorable achievements. A short and lively essay by Carolyn Lanchner, a former curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum, accompanies each work, illuminating its significance and placing it in its historical moment in the development of modern art and the artist's own life. These books provide a unique overview of the individuals who shaped the development of American art since mid-century and are excellent resources for readers interested in the stories behind the masterpieces of the modern canon.

Part of the "MoMA Artist Series", this book explores Robert Rauschenberg works. It features works which are accompanied by a short essay that places the work in its historical moment in the development of modern art and the artists own life.

A guide to the mediums visual language through works by such early masters as Atget, Cartier-Bresson, Evans, Strand and Weston. It contains 172 illustrations that reveal the range of the photograph from the early days of the mediums development to the mid-1960s.

Features MoMAs collection of Dada works. This title contains essays that focus on a selection of the museums important Dada works. It highlights works in many media, including books, journals, assemblages, collages, drawings, films, paintings, photographs, photomontages, prints, readymades and reliefs.

Extensive holdings of contemporary art produced from 1980 until now are showcased in this updated and revised edition. This edition provides an international spectrum of more than 580 works of key contemporary art in a variety of mediums, including 36 new works that have been added to the MoMA collection since 1999.

Presents an overview of the Spanish architecture in the 21st century. This book reflects the geographic and generational diversity of the projects and their architects, as well as a range of scales, from a private house to an international airport.

Helps very young people to learn the basic vocabulary used by artists, a sort of ABC of art. This book explores how people are depicted by artists and how they help to convey meaning in art.

Dating from the 1960s, this book includes works that represent a total of thirty-eight European and American artists, whose work is beautifully reproduced here.

There is a whole category of design objects and prototypes designed in order to respond to situations of emergency. This book explores these objects, featuring designs and objects in areas such as protective gear, everyday safety devices, emergency shelters, life support equipment, bioengineering and emergency vehicles.

Presents a selection of signature works by European and American artists of the postwar generations, drawn from The UBS Art Collection - one of the richest and most varied corporate holdings of international contemporary art in the United States.

Correspondence detailing the collaboration-cum-collision between Frank Lloyd Wright and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, about the staging of a retrospective work, and the publication of a book to accompany it, is published here for the first time, including a controversial piece by Walter Curt Behrendt.

Offers an exploration of architectural possibilities for American cities and suburbs in the aftermath of the recent foreclosure crisis in the United States. This title examines the relationship between land, infrastructures, and urban form and presents a potentially different future for housing in the United States.