MODERN ART IN AMERICA
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The dynamic relationship between the spirit of modern art and the growth of industrial America is captured here in a stimulating, crowded panorama. Though major milestones and personalities are summarized, particular attention is paid to the skyscraper -- initially a dramatic adaptation of modernism to urban needs, but in its proliferation a contributor to social ills. Adventurous and opinionated, but proportionately rewarding.