MODERN ART 1870-2000 (TASCHEN BU)

Ever since the Impressionists began painting Parisian street life, a constant desire to challenge, innovate, and inspire has propelled modernism, from Symbolism to Conceptual Art. This indispensable overview traces the restless energy of modern art with a year-by-year succession of the groundbreaking artworks that shook standards, and broke down barriers. Each of these stand-out pieces is accompanied by a text profiling the artist and discussing the importance of their work. Introductory essays, meanwhile, explain the most significant modernist movements.