The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Portrait of Ornella Muti - Vintage Photograph - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actress Ornella Muti in the movie "Terra del Fuoco".
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Portrait of Ornella Muti - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actress Ornella Muti in a scene from "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", a 1987 Film by Francesco Rosi. Lightly damaged.
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The Italian Actress Ornella Muti - Vintage Photograph - Early 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actress Ornella Muti with her husband.
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Slim Aarons 'Montecatini' Mid-century Modern Photography : Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Marie-Louise Scio at the Tettuccio Terme in Montecatini, Italy, June 1980. Marie-Louise in Montecatini 1980 C print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with ce...
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Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. Anna Mag...
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Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani - Vintage Photo is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. Anna Magnan...
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Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani - Vintage Photo is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. Anna Magnan...
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Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani - Vintage Photo is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (n...
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Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. Anna Mag...
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Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani - Vintage Photo is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. Anna Magnan...
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Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Ital...
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Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani - Vintage Photo is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the 1960s. Good conditions. Anna Magnani was born...
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Anna Magnani and Massimo Ranieri - Vintage Photograph - Early 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani and Massimo Ranieri - Vintage Photo is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the early 1970s. An intense ...
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Signed Portrait Cab Calloway - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cab Calloway Portrait is an original photograph realized in the half of 20th century. Black and white photograph depicting a portrait of Cab Calloway H...
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Portrait of Elliott Gould - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Elliott Gould in a scene of a film, smoking a cigar and playing cards .
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Elliott Gould - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo realized in 1970s.
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Betsy Drake Vintage Photo, 1950s Style, Unframed, Good Condition
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo depicting Betsy Drake in 1950s. Good condition.
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Elliot Gould in "Getting Straight" - Film - Vintage Photo - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Elliott Gould during the shooting of the film " Getting Straight". Quite good condition.
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The Actor Cary Grant - Film - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Actor Cary Grant in 1960s.
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Cary Grant and Farrah Fawcett - Vintage Photo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photo. Lightly blurry.
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The Japanese Director Akira Kurosawa - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Akira Kurosawa during a press conference .
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Cary Grant Vintage Photo, Modern Style, 1970s, Unframed, 11x18 cm
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Actor Cary Grant.
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Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl" - Vintage Photo - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. A scene from "Working girl" with Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith.
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The Japanese Director Akira Kurosawa - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Japanese Filmmaker during a Television Show.
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The American Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The actor during a tender moment in the company of his ex-wife Dyane Cannon.
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Gene Kelly and Jeanne Coyne - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. A Beautiful image of the marriage between Gene Kelly and Jeanne Coyne, celebrated in Tonopah .
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Cary Grant on the set of "The Eagle and the Hawk" - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Cary Grant, Fredric March and Carole Lombard during the movie " The Eagle and the Hawk , di rected by Stuart Walker . 18/5/1933
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Double Portrait of Melanie Griffith - Vintage Photo - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl " by Mike Nichols.
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Boy (Film by Nagisa Oshima)- Vintage Photo - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo in black and white of 1969 Tetsuo Abe in a scene of the film " Boy" directed by the Japanese Nagisa Oshima and presented at the 1969 Ve...
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Claudio Abbado with Luca Ronconi - Vintage Photo - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Abbado with Luca Ronconi is a black and white photograph realized in 1984. The Photo depict Claudio Abbado with the director during "Viaggio a...
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Zucchero Fornaciari at the Foro Boario - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Zucchero at the Foro Boario is an original black and white photo realized in the 1980s. The photo depicts the international star during his Roman concert at the Foro Boario to close the tour (GOLD, INCENSE and BEER) which consecrates him among the greatest blues singers...
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Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire Douglas- Vintage Photo - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire Douglas in Scottsdale (Arizona).
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Humphrey Bogart in "The Caine Mutiny" - Vintage Photo - 1954
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Humphrey Bogart in a scene from the movie "The Caine Mutiny" . Good condition ecept for some minor discoloration.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi and Giuseppe Savoldi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Giuseppe Savoldi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi and Elisabetta Virgili - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Elisabetta Virgili - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi Vintage Photo, Black and White, Modern, 1970s, Unframed
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi and Claudie Lange - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Claudie Lange - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi and Al Bano - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Al Bano - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi and Marcella Martoli - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Marcella Martoli - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi and Stefania Casini - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Stefania Casini - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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