The aesthetics of matter
Subtitle: modernism, the avant-garde and material exchange
By: edited by Sarah Posman, Anne Reverseau, David Ayers, Sascha Bru, Benedikt Hjartarson
Series: European avant-garde and modernism studies -- Volume 3; European avant-garde and modernism studies -- Volume 3,
Publisher: De Gruyter; Walter de Gruyter Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng; fre; ger
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9783110317374
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Modern Art; Modernism (Aesthetics)
Description: This volume proposes an in-depth exploration of the materiality of art and writing in modernism and the avant-garde. The essays explore how the avant-gardes and modernism attempted to establish the material specificity and hybridityof media and art forms. The collection sheds light on the full range and import of the aesthetics of matter in avant-garde and modernist practice across all art forms from the 19th century to the present day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text in English, French, and German.