About modern art

David Sylvester here muses on key artists of the twentieth century & their nineteenth-century forebears. In the process, he offers profound insights into their practice of art. Focusing on the spectator's instinctive emotional & physical response to paintings by such artists as Picasso, Matisse, de Kooning, Newman, & Warhol, Sylvester brings an inspiring sense of the relevance & importance of art to life. Added to this updated edition are essays on Pollock, Twombly, & Serra, among others.