{"product_id":"photography-at-moma-1920-to-1960","title":"Photography at MoMA: 1920 to 1960","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Photography at MoMA: 1920 to 1960 (Hardcover, 392 pages) – The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2016. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eAn epic dive into modernist photography by the museum that helped shape its history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of photography has been told many times, but never before through the incomparable collection of photographs at The Museum of Modern Art. As the second volume in a set of three books that together present a new and comprehensive history of photography through works from MoMA’s collection, this publication charts the medium during the height of the modernist period, from 1920 to 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly one other volume--Looking at Photographs, published in 1973--highlights the photographic treasures of MoMA’s collection; neither Beaumont Newhall’s classic History of Photography nor John Szarkowski’s Photography Until Now used the Museum collection as a springboard to approach photography’s distinctive history. The Museum’s significant role in the development of this history, and in the construction of a canon that championed photography as an art form (but also eclipsed certain alternative or unfamiliar practices) requires a reconsidered history for the 21st century. This publication offers a fresh critical lens through which to appreciate works of exceptional significance, surprise and influence, encouraging creative new readings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with an in-depth introduction followed by eight chapters of full-color plates, each introduced by a short essay. Masterworks by photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray and Aleksander Rodchenko appear alongside lesser-known gems, and diverse notions of modernism enrich classic interpretations, so that the beautiful fictions and messy realities of photography are complicated, refreshed and, above all, enjoyed.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Quentin Bajac, Lucy Gallun, Roxana Marcoci, Sarah Meister, Douglas Coupland, Kevin Moore, Drew Sawyer, Pepper Stetler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069831467242,"sku":"9781633450134","price":61.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61UJP12zHgL._SY522.jpg?v=1781226792","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/photography-at-moma-1920-to-1960","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}