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

Author/creator Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxvii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012005414
ISBN9780231158220 (alk. paper)
ISBN023115822X (alk. paper)
ISBN9780231530880 (ebook)
ISBN0231530889 (ebook)

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Joyner General Stacks NX456.5.M64 B76 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold