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A fine disregard: what makes modern art modern
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis is a group of four broadly connected essays attempting to define that now-old question, What is modern art about? Varnedoe (director of painting and sculpture, Museum of Modern Art) identifies ... Read full review
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TWO NEAR AND | 24 |
THREE FRAGMENTATION AND REPETITION | 102 |
FOUR PRIMITIVISM | 182 |
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