50 art ideas you really need to know / Susie Hodge.

Includes index.

Considers art that was produced in certain places at particular times and how an amalgamation of elements, such as traditions, techniques, materials, technology, the environment, social or political events or circumstances and individual personalities, have resulted in some unexpected, inspirational or puzzling innovations. Focuses on on the links between art and society's activities and aspirations and how the results can sometimes awe-inspiring, shocking, beautiful or ugly. Shows artists from various times, cultures and countries have produced a multiplicity of processes, styles and images and how the role of artists changed over time and across continents.Discusses the explosion of ideas that emerged during the 19th and 20th centuries, from the revolutionary work of the Impressionists and the development of abstract art, to the extensive reactions and reinterpretations that occurred around the world wars.