Translation of: Arte del secolo. Milan : Skira, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (page 100) and index.
Introduction / Giorgio Marconi -- The continuation of the nineteenth century and the breakthrough:toward the avant-garde movements -- Expressionism -- Cubism -- Futurism -- Der blaue reiter -- Abstract art -- The Russian avant-garde movements -- Metaphysical painting -- Dada -- Surrealism -- Ecole de Paris -- Realism between the two wars: the reaction to the avant-garde -- In Italy: valori plastici, novecento, magic realism, antinovecento, corrente -- In the world: new objectivity, socialist realism, Mexican mural painting -- The return of the avant-garde -- Abstract expressionism, action painting, colour-field painting -- Art brut -- CoBra -- Art informel -- Happening -- Fluxus -- Art outside the movements -- Spatial art -- Nuclear movement -- Neo-dada -- Nouveau realisme -- Op art -- Kinetic and programmed art -- Pop art -- Pop art in the United States -- Pop art in Europe -- Visual poetry -- Minimal art -- Land art -- Conceptual art -- Arte povera -- Body art -- Hyper-realism -- Post-modernism -- Transavantgarde -- Graffiti art -- Offshoots of post-modernism -- The contemporary period