Wilson, Kristina.

The modern eye : Stieglitz, MoMA, and the art of the exhibition, 1925-1934 / Kristina Wilson.

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.

vii, 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

The Modern Eye explores the origins and development of early 20th-century modernism in America through the lens of the major exhibitions that introduced this art to the general public. Author Kristina Wilson shows how modern artists and curators sought to relate high art to mass culture in order to make it accessible to more people, and successfully popularized modern painting and design during the interwar years. A major contribution to our understanding of the origins of modernism, this book captures the vibrant diversity that the term "modern art" meant at this time. The chapters examine exhibitions held in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, including those organized by Alfred Stieglitz, the Little Review, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. In examining the marketing of modernism, Wilson reveals how these exhibitions attempted to stage an intersection between art and everyday life, and how they taught viewers to look at, and care about, modern art.

9780300149166 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300149166 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Stieglitz, Alfred 1864-1946
Stieglitz, Alfred Kunstausstellung.
Stieglitz, Alfred.
The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art New York.
New York <NY> / Museum of Modern Art.
Modernism (Art) United States Exhibitions.
Art, American 20th century Exhibitions.
Design United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art) United States Public opinion.
Art museums New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Art and society United States History 20th century.
Modernisme (Art) États-Unis Expositions.
Art américain 20e siècle Expositions.
Design États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Modernisme (Art) États-Unis Opinion publique.
Art et société États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Art, American.
Art and society.
Art museums.
Design.
Modernism (Art)
Modernism (Art) Public opinion.
Avantgarde
Kunst
Museum
Ausstellung
Moderne Kunstausstellung.
Kunstausstellung Moderne.
Gestaltung.
Moderne.
Modernism (konst) Förenta staterna utställningar.
Konst Förenta staterna 1900-talet utställningar.
Design Förenta staterna historia 1900-talet utställningar.
Modernism (konst) Förenta staterna attityder till.
Konstmuseer Förenta staterna New York historia 1900-talet.
Konst och samhälle Förenta staterna historia 1900-talet.
Arte Stati Uniti d'America 1925-1934 esposizioni allestimento.
Musei New York sec. 20. (inizio) storia.
Arte e società Stati Uniti d'America sec. 20. (inizio) storia.
New York (State) New York.
United States.
New York, NY
New York Museum of Modern Art Geschichte.
USA.
1925-1934

Ausstellung Geschichte 1925-1934.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Location: Library main 263843
Call No.: BIB 195139
Status: Available