Hamilton George Heard. Painting and Sculpture in Europe: 1880-1940

Penguin Books, 1983. — 632 p.Traces the origins and growth of modern art, assessing the intrinsic qualities of individual works and describing the social forces in play. The result is a guide through the forest of artistic labels - Impressionism and Expressionism, Symbolism, Cubism, Constructivism, Surrealism and others. This book also traces the achievements of Degas and Cezanne, Ensor and Munch, Matisse and Kandinsky, Picasso, Braque and Epstein, Mondrian, Dali, Modigliani, Utrillo and Chagall, Klee, Henry Moore and many other artists in a revolutionary age.