Main entry:

Smith, Bernard, 1916-2011.

Title & Author:

Modernism's history : a study in twentieth-century art and ideas / Bernard Smith.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1998.

Description:

vi, 376 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-364) and index.
1. Modernity and its modernisms -- 2. Theoretical sources of the Formalesque -- 3. Exotic sources of the Formalesque -- 4. Occult and 'primitive' sources of the Formalesque -- 5. Creation of the Formalesque -- 6. Origins of twentieth-century modernism -- 7. Institutionalising the Formalesque -- 8. 1930s: Politics and the Formalesque -- 9. Late Formalesque -- 10. Eurusan visual culture -- 11. Turn to meaning -- 12. Cultural imperialism and the Formalesque -- 13. Conclusion.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The history of twentieth-century visual arts can no longer be written as a succession of avant-garde movements, contends eminent art historian Bernard Smith in this stimulating book. He argues that a return to the concept of period style is inevitable and that modernism--the dominant "style" of art that emerged at the end of the nineteenth century and continued through the 1960s--deserves recognition as a period style. Smith renames this period Formalesque since it is no longer modern and since it emphasizes the formal values of art more than any previous period does."--Publisher's information.

ISBN:

0300073925
9780300073928

Subject:

Modernism (Art)
Postmodernism.
Art, Modern 20th century.
Modernisme (Art)
Postmodernisme.
Art 20e siècle.
Art, Modern
Kultur
Kunst
Moderne
Modernisme (cultuur)
Modernisme (art)
Art moderne 20e siècle.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204710
Call No.: N6494.M64 S65 1998
Status: Available