St. James Modern Masterpieces

The Best of Art, Architecture, Photography, and Design Since 1945

• Author(s): Udo Kultermann,
• Publisher: Visible Ink Press
• Pages: 550
• ISBN_10: 157859023X
  ISBN_13: 9781578590230
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / General , Art / Criticism & Theory , Art / History / General , Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) , Photography / General ,

Description:... "From Andy Warhol's Gold Marilyn Monroe to Maya Ying Lin's Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington, D.C., and from a photographic portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe to the Porsche 911 automobile, each of the 200 works featured within have achieved the status of "classic" or "masterpiece."" "International in scope, St. James Modern Masterpieces presents an exciting overview of the finest in art, architecture, photography and design created since 1945. Experts in each of the four disciplines, led by distinguished art and architecture scholar Udo Kultermann, discuss the works at length, assessing the importance of the pieces in their artistic and cultural context."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved