The History of British Art, Volume 3

Download or read book The History of British Art, Volume 3 written by David Bindman and published by Yc British Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading authorities explore the transition from the High Victorian period to the counterculture of the 1960s and the Young British Artists of the 1990s. The book brings to the fore Britain's complex role as a focus for the dissemination of modernist ideas, as well as the reaction against them, and details the political, social, and commercial relationships underpinning the role of art and artists in the history of modern Britain. Distributed for the Yale Center for British Art and Tate Britain