Modernism : a very short introduction / Christopher Butler.

By:

Butler, Christopher, 1940-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 236Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xii, 117 p. : ill. ; 18 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780192804419 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

700.4112 BUT 23 009022

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Table of contents

Contents:

The modernist work Modernist movements and cultural tradition The modernist artist Modernism and politics.

Summary: Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114) and index.

The modernist work
Modernist movements and cultural tradition
The modernist artist
Modernism and politics.

Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life.

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