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Modern Art in the USA 1900-1939 (Lecture Response Unit) | University of Bristol 09/26/21 HART20005: Modern Art in the USA 1900-1939 (Lecture Response Unit) | University of Bristol HART20005: Modern Art in the USA View Online 1900-1939 (Lecture Response Unit) 1. Peters Corbett D, Bourguignon K, Riopelle C. An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters. National Gallery; 2011. 2. Altshuler B. Explosion at the Armory International Exhibition of Modern Art, New York, 1913. In: The Avant-Garde in Exhibition: New Art in the 20th Century. Abrams; 1994. 3. Corn WM. Américanisme. In: The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935. University of California Press; 1999. 4. Greenberg C. Avant-garde and kitsch. In: Art and Culture: Critical Essays. Vol Beacon paperbacks. Beacon Press; 1961. 5. Rose B. The Thirties: Reaction and rebellion. In: American Art since 1900: A Critical History. Vol World of art library. general. Thames and Hudson; 1967. 6. 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