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Machine modernism, masculinity, and the trauma of war : the art of Fernand Léger /

"Investigates the artwork of Fernand Léger, one of machine modernism's leading figures, as a case study of the aesthetic's origins in World War I, its unstable production of masculinity, and its collapse in the context of surrealism, economic crises, and the revival of war memories&qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shanahan, Maureen G. (Author)
Other Authors: Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024]
Series:Refiguring modernism ; 41.
Subjects:
Léger, Fernand, > 1881-1955 > Criticism and interpretation.
Painting, French > 20th century.
Modernism (Art) > France.
War in art.
Psychic trauma in art.
Masculinity in art.
Peinture française > 20e siècle.
Modernisme (Art) > France.
Guerre dans l'art.
Traumatisme psychique dans l'art.
Masculinité dans l'art.

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