The liberation of painting : modernism and anarchism in avant-guerre Paris / Patricia Leighten.

Author/creator Leighten, Patricia Dee, 1946-
Format Book
PublicationChicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Copyright Date©2013
Descriptionxviii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects
Painting, French--France. --Paris. --20th century.
Modernism (Art)--France. --Paris.
Modernism (Aesthetics)--France. --Paris.
Anarchism and art--France. --Paris. --History. --20th century.
Art--Political aspects. --France. --Paris. --History. --20th century.

Contents Introduction: Modernist heteroglossia -- Languages of art and politics: Salon painting, caricature, modernism -- The White Peril: Colonialism, l'art nègre, and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon -- A rationale of ugliness: Cubism and its critical reception -- Politics and counterpolitics of collage: Picasso, Gris, and the effects of war -- Abstracting anarchism: František Kupka and the project of Modernism -- Conclusion: A politics of form.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index.
LCCN 2012024218
ISBN9780226471389 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226471381 (hardcover : alkaline paper)