Main entry:

Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949-

Title & Author:

Modernism at the barricades : aesthetics, politics, Utopia / Stephen Eric Bronner.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.

Description:

xvii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The modernist impulse: subjectivity, resistance, freedom -- Modernism in context: notes for a political aesthetic -- Experiencing modernism: a short history of expressionist painting -- The modernist spirit: on the correspondence between Arnold Schoenberg and Wassily Kandinsky -- Modernism in motion: F.T. Marinetti and Italian futurism -- Ecstatic modernism: the paintings of Emil Nolde -- Modernism, surrealism, and the political imaginary -- Modernism changes the world: the Russian avant-garde and the revolution -- Modernists in power: the literati and the Bavarian revolution -- Exhibiting modernism: Paris and Berlin, 1900-1933 -- The modernist adventure: political reflections on a cultural legacy.

Summary:

" ... Features chapters on expressionism, futurism, surrealism, and revolutionary art and includes fresh perspectives on the work of Arnold Schoenberg, Wassily Kandinsky, and Emil Nolde, among others. The volume illuminates an international avant-garde intent on resisting bureaucracy, standardization, scientific rationality, and the increasing commodification of mass culture"--Jacket, p. [2].

ISBN:

9780231158220 (alk. paper)
023115822X (alk. paper)
9780231530880 (ebook)
0231530889 (ebook)

Subject:

Arts, Modern 20th century.
Arts and society History 20th century.
Aesthetics, Modern 20th century.
Arts, Modern.
Aesthetics, Modern.
Arts 20e siècle.
Arts et société Histoire 20e siècle.
Esthétique 20e siècle.
Arts and society.
Kultur
Kunst
Modernismus

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279958
Call No.: BIB 216274
Status: Available