The European Avant-Gardes, 1905-1935 : a portable guide /
The works of the classic European avantgardes (cubism, futurism, expressionism, Dadaism, constructivism and many other isms) today still strike many students of modernism as strange or incomprehensible. Is this art? Do we have to take a sound poem seriously? How, at all, are we to read and interpret...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | The works of the classic European avantgardes (cubism, futurism, expressionism, Dadaism, constructivism and many other isms) today still strike many students of modernism as strange or incomprehensible. Is this art? Do we have to take a sound poem seriously? How, at all, are we to read and interpret avant-garde works? And what on earth is the fourth dimension in physics that fascinated so many avantgardists? This engaging introduction is designed to answer all these questions and more. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748695911 0748695915 9780748695904 0748695907 |