Modernism :
Gay, Peter, 1923-2015
Modernism : the lure of heresy : from Baudelaire to Beckett and beyond / Peter Gay. - 1st ed. - New York ; London : W.W. Norton, c2008. - xxii, 610 p. : ill. b&w ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A climate for modernism --
Pt. 1. Founders --
Ch. 1. Professional outsiders --
Ch. 2. Irreconcilables and impresarios --
Pt. 2. Classics --
Ch. 3. Painting and sculpture: the madness of the unexpected --
Ch. 4. Prose and poetry: intermittences of the heart --
Ch. 5. Music and dance: the liberation of sound --
Ch. 6. Architecture and design: machinery, a new factor in human affairs --
Ch. 7. Drama and movies: the human element --
Pt. 3. Endings --
Ch. 8. Eccentrics and barbarians --
Ch. 9. Life after death? --
Coda: And Gehry at Bilbao.
Peter Gay explores the shocking modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed art, literature, music, and film. Modernism presents a thrilling pageant of heretics that includes Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso, D. W. Griffiths, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Walter Gropius, Arnold Schoenberg, and (of course!) Andy Warhol.
9780393333961
Modernism (Art)
Arts, Modern--19th century
Arts, Modern--20th century
700.9
Modernism : the lure of heresy : from Baudelaire to Beckett and beyond / Peter Gay. - 1st ed. - New York ; London : W.W. Norton, c2008. - xxii, 610 p. : ill. b&w ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A climate for modernism --
Pt. 1. Founders --
Ch. 1. Professional outsiders --
Ch. 2. Irreconcilables and impresarios --
Pt. 2. Classics --
Ch. 3. Painting and sculpture: the madness of the unexpected --
Ch. 4. Prose and poetry: intermittences of the heart --
Ch. 5. Music and dance: the liberation of sound --
Ch. 6. Architecture and design: machinery, a new factor in human affairs --
Ch. 7. Drama and movies: the human element --
Pt. 3. Endings --
Ch. 8. Eccentrics and barbarians --
Ch. 9. Life after death? --
Coda: And Gehry at Bilbao.
Peter Gay explores the shocking modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed art, literature, music, and film. Modernism presents a thrilling pageant of heretics that includes Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso, D. W. Griffiths, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Walter Gropius, Arnold Schoenberg, and (of course!) Andy Warhol.
9780393333961
Modernism (Art)
Arts, Modern--19th century
Arts, Modern--20th century
700.9