The shock of the new : [the hundred-year history of modern art - its rise, its dazzling achivement, its fall

A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. Publishers Weekly The author of The Fatal Shore and Time magazine's art critic here presents a greatly expanded version of a PBS television series on modern art, and includes some 270 color illustrations. Although he frequently deals in generalities, ``choice anecdotes, telling characterizations, witty observations flow from his pen,'' lauded PW . The ``chapters bristle with apt insights.'' (Aug.) An illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end "The hundred-year history of modern art ..."