Art of the avant-gardes
By: edited by Steve Edwards and Paul Wood.
Contributors: Edwards, Steve, 1959-; Wood, Paul.; Open University.
Series: Art of the 20th century -- bk. 2.; Art of the 20th century (Yale University Press) -- bk. 2.
Publisher: Yale University Press in association with the Open University
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
Subjects: Art, Modern -- 20th century; Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Description: Discussing the development of modern art in the first third of the 20th century, this volume opens with an essay that introduces the main themes of art in the period and summarizes the political context in which it developed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-450) and index.
Table of contents: title: Expressionism and the crisis of subjectivity / Jason Gaiger; title: Gender and the fauves : flirting with 'wild beasts' / Gill Perry; title: Orientalism, modernism and indigenous identity / Roger Benjamin; title: Bonnard and Matisse : expression and emotion / Charles Harrison; title: Approaches to Cubism / Jason Gaiger; title: Dusty mannequins : modern art and primitivism / Niru Ratnam; title: Cubist collage / Steve Edwards; title: The idea of an abstract art / Paul Wood; title: 'English' abstraction : Nicholson, Hepworth and Moore in the 1930s / Emma Barker; title: Art, love and social emancipation : on the concept 'avant-garde' and the interwar avant-gardes / Gail Day; title: Narrating the Dada game plan / Martin Gaughan; title: Soviet constructivism / Christina Lodder; title: 'Profane illumination' : photography and photomontage in the USSR and Germany / Steve Edwards; title: Surrealism 1924-1929 / Fionna Barber.