Pre-Modernism
Art-World Change and American Culture from the Civil War to the Armory Show
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804 g
Format:
260x212x23 mm
Beschreibung:
"This book will have an audience far beyond the boundaries of art history. It is a refreshing and much-needed change from narrowly focused monographic works and it holds new insights for both specialists and general readers."--Katherine Manthorne, City University of New York
Proposes that the origins of modernism movement can be traced well into the nineteenth century. This book contends that several cultural developments after the Civil War set the stage for modernism.
Introduction: Interrogating Modernism 7 Chapter 1: Modern Art and Modern Art: From the Christmas Card to the Avant-Garde 17 Chapter 2: Building an American Art World 45 Chapter 3: Professionalism and a New Aesthetic Order 99 Chapter 4: The Armory Show in Critical Perspective 133 Chapter 5: Camera ork : Organizing the Avant-Garde 159 Chapter 6: Continuity and Rupture 181 Postscript: Pre-Modernism and Postmodernism: Reflections on the Tilted Arc Crisis 215 Acknowledgments 222 Abbreviations 223 Notes 223 Selected Bibliography 244 Index 251 Photography Credits 256