1900 Art at the Crossroads

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2000. Hardcover. New Book. Black cloth, red & color illus. dust jacket, 445 pp. Appx. 200 bw, 300+ color plates; weighs 6.5 lbs. Issued in conjunction with several 2000 exhibitions. Includes thought-provoking essays by Robert Rosenblum and MaryAnne Stevens and an illustrated biographies section profiling the more than 190 artists. The beautiful color illustrations are organized by subject-bathers and nudes, woman and man, portraits, social scenes, the city , interiors and still-lifes, etc., with each subject introduced by Ann Dumas. Within each section the works of "official" artists of the Paris Salon are juxtaposed with the works of "avant-garde" artists , bringing about unexpected relationships and challenging confrontations (paraphrased from the DJ). Contents as follows: Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Plan and photographs of the Exposition Universelle -- Essays. Art in 1900 : twilight or dawn? / Robert Rosenblum ; The Exposition Universelle : 'This vast competition of effort, realisation and victories' / Maryanne Stevens -- Catalogue, with introductions by Ann Dumas. The Exposition Universelle ; Bathers and nudes ; Woman-Man ; Portraits ; Social scenes ; The city ; Interiors and still-lifes ; Landscape ; Rural scenes ; Religion ; Self-portraits ; Triptychs -- Biographies -- List of works -- Select bibliography -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Illustration credits -- Index.