The European avant-gardes, 1905-1935 :: a portable guide /

The works of the classic European avant-gardes (cubism, futurism, expressionism, Dadaism, constructivism and many other -isms) today still strike many students of modernism as strange or incomprehensible. Is this art? Do we have to take a sound poem seriously? How, at all. are we to read and interpr...

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Main Author: Bru, Sascha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The works of the classic European avant-gardes (cubism, futurism, expressionism, Dadaism, constructivism and many other -isms) today still strike many students of modernism as strange or incomprehensible. Is this art? Do we have to take a sound poem seriously? How, at all. are we to read and interpret avant-garde works? And what on earth is the fourth dimension in physics that fascinated so many avant-gardists? This engaging introduction is designed to answer all these questions and more.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780748695928
0748695923
9780748695935
0748695931

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