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Modernism : the lure of heresy : from Baudelaire to Beckett and beyond / Peter Gay

By:

Gay, Peter, , 1923-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton , c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 610 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:

9780393052053

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

700.9034 GAY

LOC classification:

NX454.5.M63 G39 2008

Contents:

A climate for modernism -- Professional outsiders -- Irreconcilables and impresarios -- Painting and sculpture : the madness of the unexpected -- Prose and poetry : intermittences of the heart -- Music and dance : the liberation of sound -- Architecture and design : machinery, a new factor in human affairs -- Drama and movies : the human element -- Eccentrics and barbarians -- Life after death? -- Coda : And Gehry at Bilbao.

Summary: Modernism explores the shocking cultural rebellion that, beginning in the late 1850s, transformed the staid worlds of art, literature, music, and architecture with its relentless assault on traditional forms. In chronicling the artistic revolution, Modernism is a celebration of many of our most changed the course of Western culture. Book jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	700.9034 GAY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		040571

Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-563) and index.

Modernism explores the shocking cultural rebellion that, beginning in the late 1850s, transformed the staid worlds of art, literature, music, and architecture with its relentless assault on traditional forms. In chronicling the artistic revolution, Modernism is a celebration of many of our most changed the course of Western culture. Book jacket.

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