Movements in Art Since 1945

A classic introduction to art since the end of the Second World War, Movements in Art Since 1945 tells the story of art across all forms of media over the past seventy-five years.

Revised and redesigned for the first time since 2001, this standard introduction to visual art in the postwar era examines the movements, trends, and artists from abstract expressionism to the present day.

Writing with exceptional clarity and a strong sense of narrative, Edward Lucie-Smith demystifies the work of do...