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Global Modern Art: Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa book cover

1st Edition

Global Modern Art Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa

By Margaret A. Richardson Copyright 2026
286 Pages 20 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

286 Pages 20 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

286 Pages 20 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This accessible, foundational volume explores how modern art developed around the world by comparing contexts and artistic production in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa from the 1850s through the 1960s. To provide a broader, more comprehensive view of modern art, both chronological and thematic approaches will be used and selections from all regions of the world will be included—from... Read more

Introduction: The Coming Together of the World: Modern Conditions, Many Modernisms, and Common Themes  1. Modern Models: Modern Art in Europe, ca.1850-1914  2. Balancing Order and Chaos: European Art around the World Wars  3. Internationalism and Isolationism: Modern Identities in the US and Canada  4. Between Internationalism and Indigenism: Modern Art in Latin America  5. Colonial Modernities in South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific  6. Defensive Modernities in Thailand and East Asia  7. Modernity’s Complexities in West Asia and North Africa  8. Paradoxical Modernities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Biography

Margaret Richardson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Fine Art and Art History at Christopher Newport University.

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