Cold modernism
Subtitle: literature, fashion, art
By: Jessica Burstein
Series: Refiguring modernism
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780271053769
Subjects: Modernism (Art); Modern Arts; Surfaces (Philosophy)
Description: "Explores a significant but overlooked aspect of early twentieth-century modernism, one that focuses on surface appearance rather than interiority or psychological depth. Looks at the writers Wyndham Lewis and Mina Loy, the artists Balthus and Hans Bellmer, and the fashion designer Coco Chanel"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Nothing personal; title: Amuse-bouche; title: Waspish segments; title: Interregnum I. A doll is being beaten; title: Modernism and the little black dress; title: Loy, Inc.; title: Interregnum II. The legs of Balthus; title: Epilogue. Imitation and its discontents.