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Art of the avant-gardes / edited by Steve Edwards and Paul Wood.

Contributor(s): Edwards, Steve, 1959- | Wood, Paul.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Art of the 20th century (Yale University Press): Publisher: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press in association with the Open University, 2004Description: 462 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0300101414; 0300102305.Subject(s): Art, American -- 20th century | Avant-garde (Aesthetics)DDC classification: 709.04
Contents:
Expressionism and the crisis of subjectivity / Jason Gaiger -- Gender and the fauves : flirting with 'wild beasts' / Gill Perry -- Orientalism, modernism and indigenous identity / Roger Benjamin -- Bonnard and Matisse : expression and emotion / Charles Harrison -- Approaches to Cubism / Jason Gaiger -- Dusty mannequins : modern art and primitivism / Niru Ratnam -- Cubist collage / Steve Edwards -- The idea of an abstract art / Paul Wood -- 'English' abstraction : Nicholson, Hepworth and Moore in the 1930s / Emma Barker -- Art, love and social emancipation : on the concept 'avant-garde' and the interwar avant-gardes / Gail Day -- Narrating the Dada game plan / Martin Gaughan -- Soviet constructivism / Christina Lodder -- 'Profane illumination' : photography and photomontage in the USSR and Germany / Steve Edwards -- Surrealism 1924-1929 / Fionna Barber.
Summary: Art of the Avant-Gardes discusses the development of modern art in the first third of the twentieth century. It introduces the main themes of art in the period and summarizes the political context in which art developed: the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the subsequent consolidation of the European dictatorships. The book is the second volume in the Art of the Twentieth Century series. With hundreds of full color illustrations, the book presents numerous case studies that illuminate the important idea of expression in art, related questions of Orientalism and the primitive, aspects of Cubism, the development of abstract art, and the radical avant-garde movements Dada, Soviet Constructivism, Surrealism. -- Publisher's website.
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Art of the Avant-Gardes is the second of four books that make up the Open University's Art of the Twentieth Century series. It discusses the development of modern art in the first third of the century. The book opens with an essay that introduces the main themes of art in the period and summarises the political context in which it developed: the First World War, the Russian Revolution and the subsequent consolidation of the European dictatorships. The book consists of four parts. The first looks at the centrally important idea of 'expression' in art, and related questions of Orientalism and the 'primitive'. The second part concentrates on Cubism, and the third goes on to investigate the development of abstract art. The final part discusses the radical avant-garde movements committed to overcoming the barrier between 'art' and 'life': Dada, Soviet Constructivism and Surrealism. The book is wonderfully illustrated throughout, and more specific case studies range from Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon to the transition from sculpture to object in English abstraction.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-450) and index.

Expressionism and the crisis of subjectivity / Jason Gaiger -- Gender and the fauves : flirting with 'wild beasts' / Gill Perry -- Orientalism, modernism and indigenous identity / Roger Benjamin -- Bonnard and Matisse : expression and emotion / Charles Harrison -- Approaches to Cubism / Jason Gaiger -- Dusty mannequins : modern art and primitivism / Niru Ratnam -- Cubist collage / Steve Edwards -- The idea of an abstract art / Paul Wood -- 'English' abstraction : Nicholson, Hepworth and Moore in the 1930s / Emma Barker -- Art, love and social emancipation : on the concept 'avant-garde' and the interwar avant-gardes / Gail Day -- Narrating the Dada game plan / Martin Gaughan -- Soviet constructivism / Christina Lodder -- 'Profane illumination' : photography and photomontage in the USSR and Germany / Steve Edwards -- Surrealism 1924-1929 / Fionna Barber.

Art of the Avant-Gardes discusses the development of modern art in the first third of the twentieth century. It introduces the main themes of art in the period and summarizes the political context in which art developed: the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the subsequent consolidation of the European dictatorships. The book is the second volume in the Art of the Twentieth Century series. With hundreds of full color illustrations, the book presents numerous case studies that illuminate the important idea of expression in art, related questions of Orientalism and the primitive, aspects of Cubism, the development of abstract art, and the radical avant-garde movements Dada, Soviet Constructivism, Surrealism. -- Publisher's website.

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Library Journal Review

This focused collection of essays addresses the development of modern art from 1905 until the 1930s. Designated the second textbook in a four-volume series for an Open University art history course, the book is divided into topical sections on Expressionism, Cubism, abstract art, and radical avant-garde movements such as Dada and Surrealism. Most textbooks synthesize previous scholarship into a clear-cut narrative, but Edwards and Wood, both Open University professors, employ a more sophisticated strategy. Each essay addresses scholarly debates in art history and explains the critical theories that support the arguments in direct language. For example, Edwards's exciting essay on cubist collage includes Clement Greenburg's ideas on kitsch and the avant-garde, Ferdinand de Saussure's linguistic theories, and Theodor Adorno's notion of the "culture industry." In addition, the essays are peppered with questions in boldface type that prompt the reader to engage with individual works of art analytically. Strongly recommended for all art libraries and specialized public libraries.-Katherine C. Adams, Bowdoin Coll. Lib., Brunswick, ME (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.