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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-100807848913

ISBN-139780807848913

eBay Product ID (ePID)1751565

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Book TitleModern Mosaic : Art and Modernism in the United States

Number of Pages472 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / 20th Century, History / Contemporary (1945-), Popular Culture, American / General, History / General

Publication Year2000

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Art, Social Science, History

AuthorTownsend Ludington

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN00-064843

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsThis collection . . . advances our understanding of modernism and its continuing impact on the arts in the United States. Wendy Martin, Claremont Graduate University, A sometimes acute sense of how one might understand 'the modern' in 'modernism' illuminates. Times Literary Supplement, A sometimes acute sense of how one might understand 'the modern' in 'modernism' illuminates.Times Literary Supplement, This collection . . . advances our understanding of modernism and its continuing impact on the arts in the United States.Wendy Martin, Claremont Graduate University

Dewey Decimal709/.73/09041

SynopsisThe modernist movement has shaped our era as has no other. This insightful collection of original essays explores the impact of modernism on American culture and the ways in which modernism remains a key to understanding American art and society.An impressive cast of scholars examines works and their creators across the whole spectrum of artistic expression--fiction and poetry, painting and sculpture, architecture, dance, photography, and film. In fresh and provocative essays they explore how the ideas of modernism helped shape such artistic expressions as the writings of the Harlem Renaissance, the paintings of Edward Hopper, New Deal public art projects, and George Antheil's BalletM'canique. Extensive use of color and black-and-white illustrations results in a book that is as appealing visually as it is stimulating intellectually.The contributors are Casey Nelson Blake, Robert Cantwell, Ray Carney, Thomas Fahy, Lucy Fischer, John F. Kasson, William E. Leuchtenburg, Lucinda H. MacKethan, Randy Martin, Carol J. Oja, Miles Orvell, Joan Shelley Rubin, Jon Michael Spencer, and Maren Stange., The modernist movement has shaped our era as has no other. This insightful and lavishly illustrated collection of original essays explores the impact of modernism on American culture and the ways in which modernism remains a key to understanding American art and society., The modernist movement has shaped our era as has no other. This insightful collection of original essays explores the impact of modernism on American culture and the ways in which modernism remains a key to understanding American art and society. An impressive cast of scholars examines works and their creators across the whole spectrum of artistic expression--fiction and poetry, painting and sculpture, architecture, dance, photography, and film. In fresh and provocative essays they explore how the ideas of modernism helped shape such artistic expressions as the writings of the Harlem Renaissance, the paintings of Edward Hopper, New Deal public art projects, and George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique . Extensive use of color and black-and-white illustrations results in a book that is as appealing visually as it is stimulating intellectually. The contributors are Casey Nelson Blake, Robert Cantwell, Ray Carney, Thomas Fahy, Lucy Fischer, John F. Kasson, William E. Leuchtenburg, Lucinda H. MacKethan, Randy Martin, Carol J. Oja, Miles Orvell, Joan Shelley Rubin, Jon Michael Spencer, and Maren Stange.

LC Classification Number00-064843 [NX]