中文简介：

从**次世界大战的混乱到第二次世界大战的蹂躏，从大萧条到消费文化的兴起，我们称之为“现代”的艺术家面临着对完全新的生活环境作出富有想象力的反应的挑战。原创的思想、惊人的艺术技巧和新的实验态度，都需要产生特殊而及时的作品。

本书引导读者了解现代世界的艺术。从巴勃罗·毕加索、瓦西里·康定斯基到弗里达·卡洛、杰克逊·波洛克和草间弥生等知名艺术家的作品，以及大量被低估或鲜为人知的人物，在这个十年的叙述中一一呈现。本书讲述了一个关于艺术如何被永远改变的难忘故事。

英文简介：

From the chaos of the First World War to the ravages of the Second, from the Great Depression to the rise of consumer culture, artists we call "modern" faced the challenge of responding imaginatively to utterly new circumstances of life. Original thought, startling artistic techniques, and new attitudes to experimentation were required to produce exceptional and timely work.

Make It Modern guides the reader through the art of the modern world. Works of celebrated artists, from Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky to Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, and Yayoi Kusama, alongside a panoply of undervalued or less-known figures, populate this decade-by-decade narrative. Make It Modern tells an unforgettable story of how art was changed forever.