The Arts. A History of Expression in the 20th Century
Oxford University Press, Inc. | 1991 | ISBN: 0195208528 | English | 264 pages | PDF | 81.1 MB

The arts are one of the most important ways by which we understand the world and ourselves. The complex world of the 20th century has called forth a complex art. But to fail to try and understand what artists have perceived is to make their art - and our world - seem more complex, not less. Just as the pace of change has accelerated in every other sphere, expression in the arts has changed profoundly. We need to be able to map these changes and to feel at first hand their excitements.