Rustic Cubism
Subtitle: Anne Dangar and the art colony at Moly-Sabata
By: Bruce Adams.
Contributors: University of Sydney.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Dangar, Anne, -- d. 1951.; Gleizes, Albert, -- 1881-1953 -- Influences.; Potters -- Australia -- Biography.; Potters -- France -- Sablons -- Biography.; Cubism -- France.; Artist colonies -- France -- Sablons.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In Rustic Cubism, Bruce Adams tells the story of Moly-Sabata, an art colony founded in the Rhone Valley during the height of French modernism by Cubist pioneer Albert Gleizes. Following his social and spiritual agenda of earthly labor and a Celtic-medievalist view of Christianity, Gleizes' disciples worked to fuse Cubism with a revival of ancient agrarian, artisanal traditions. The most important and committed member of this experimental commune was ceramicist Anne Dangar (1885-1951)." "Rustic Cubism places Dangar at the heart of Moly-Sabata's alternative art movement - one that, in its nostalgic present, attempted to construct a culture based on the distant past. Generously illustrated with photographs of the art and social milieu of the period, this captivating and original narrative makes a considerable contribution to our understanding of French modernism and early twentieth-century cultural politics as well as of the life of a most talented and intriguing female artist."--Jacket.
Notes: "Published with the assistance of the School of English, Art History, Film and Media at the University of Sydney, Australia."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-272) and index.