Sixth Edition of Arnason’s Classic History of Modern Art To Be Published by Prentice Hall In August 2009

Upper Saddle River, NJ (PRWEB) June 11, 2009 — Arnason’s History of Modern Art, long considered the text in the field, traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. This classic survey has now been thoroughly reworked and updated for its sixth edition, to be published on August 3, 2009 by Prentice Hall in hardcover and paperback.

Experienced art historian and author Elizabeth Mansfield, while retaining the book’s comprehensive nature and chronological approach, infuses the work with refreshing new analyses, a considerably expanded picture program, and a more absorbing and unified narrative.

Building upon Arnason’s sensitive approach to visual analysis, Mansfield deepens the text’s consideration of the social conditions that have affected the production and reception of contemporary art. Themes that recur throughout the book include:

These and other ideas are woven through the whole of History of Modern Art, but each chapter maintains a distinct focus, addressing a particular movement or concept. New introductions address the social and artistic issues particular to each chapter while linking these ideas to the central themes of the text.

“For more than four decades, H. H. Arnason’s History of Modern Art has been an indispensible guide to a large and complex subject. Revised and expanded by co-author Elizabeth C. Mansfield, the sixth edition presents a comprehensive overview of modern art with fascinating new material on such topics as Postmodernism, globalization, and art institutions in the twenty-first century,” said Alan Wallach, Ralph H. Wark Professor of Art and Art History and Professor of American Studies, The College of William and Mary.

“Elizabeth Mansfield’s revised History of Modern Art is as expansive as modernism itself. Beginning at 19th-century realism in France and ending with contemporary globalization, her survey embraces an impressive range of aesthetic developments across numerous media,” said Andrés Mario Zervigón, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Art History, Rutgers University. “I especially admire how she organizes modernism’s great diversity under a clear interpretative framework maintained through all 27 chapters. Her book will prove an invaluable tool for educators.”

About the Authors
The late H.H. Arnason was a distinguished art historian, educator, and museum administrator who for many years was Vice President for Art Administration of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in New York. He began his professional life in academe, teaching at Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and University of Hawaii. From 1947 to 1961, Arnason was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota.

Elizabeth C. Mansfield is Associate Professor of Art history at New York University. A scholar of modern European art and art historiography, her publications include books and articles on topics ranging from the origins of modernism to Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon to the contemporary performance and body art of Orlan. A fellow at the National Humanities Center in 2008-09, she received the College Art Association’s Charles Rufus Morey book award in 2008 for Too Beautiful to Picture: Zeus, Myth and Mimesis.

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