Introducing modernism /
By: Rodrigues, Chris.
Contributor(s): Garratt, Chris [author].
Series: Introducing (Thriplow, England): Publisher: London : Icon Books, 2013Edition: New ed.Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781848311169.Other title: Modernism | Modernism : a graphic guide.Subject(s): Modernism (Literature) | Modernism (Art)DDC classification: 808.80112Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Originally published: Cambridge : Icon, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references.
What is modernism -- When does modernism begin -- What is the difference between modernism and modernity -- Is modernism just a reaction to modernity -- How do we recognize modernist work -- Is there a modernist theory in relation to practice -- What is the relation of modernism to primitivism -- What is the relation of modernism to psychoanalysis -- What is the role of the city in modernism -- Why are modernists so often exiles -- What is the role of elites and avant-gardes in modernism -- What politics did modernists espouse -- How does modernism relate to mass culture -- What is the relation of cinema to modernism -- Has modernism ended.
This text explores the radical aesthetics of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg and other avantgardist masters. Art, architecture, music and literature were all transformed in this shock wave of innovation.