Oxford Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art

From Purism to Postmodernism, from Glasgow Boys to Guerilla Girls, and from David Hockney to Damien Hirst, this is the most useful reference work on twentieth-century art ever published in a single volume. Authoritative and accessible, it makes generous use of anecdotes and has clear explanations of many potentially confusing terms. Entries include: Action Painting, Carl André, Angry Penguins, Francis Bacon, Constantin Brancusi, Concrete art, Cubism, Degas, Duchamp, Jacob Epstein, Lucian Freud, Augusto Giacometti, Guerrilla Girls, Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney, Wassily Kandinsky, kitsch, Paul Klee, Man Ray, Minimal art, NY Museum of Modern Art, Neo-Expressionism, Pompidou Centre, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Bridget Riley, Norman Rockwell, Auguste Rodin, Brian Sewell, Surrealism, Turner Prize, Video art, Andy Warhol 'A triumph of scholarship and style' -Art Quarterly