Avant-garde art in everyday life : early-twentieth-century European modernism / edited by Matthew S. Witkovsky ; with essays by Jared Ash [and others].

Title & Author:

Avant-garde art in everyday life : early-twentieth-century European modernism / edited by Matthew S. Witkovsky ; with essays by Jared Ash [and others].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 11-Oct. 9, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.
John Heartfield / Andrés Mario Zervigón -- Gustav Klutsis / Jared Ash -- El Lissitzky / Maria Gough -- Ladislav Sutnar / Jindřich Toman -- Karel Teige / Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Piet Zwart / Nancy J. Troy.

Summary:

Presents profiles of six European artists and photographs of their work to showcase the use of modernism on objects and products used for daily life during the twentieth century.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

9780300166095
0300166095

Subject:

Heartfield, John, 1891-1968.
Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941.
Klutsis, Gustav Gustavovich, 1895-1944.
Sutnar, Ladislav, 1897-1976.
Teige, Karel, 1900-1951.
Zwart, Piet, 1885-1977.
Avant Garde Musikgruppe
Modernism (Art) Europe Exhibitions.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Europe History 20th century Exhibitions.
Modernisme (Art) Europe Expositions.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Europe History Exhibitions. 20th century.
Art and Design.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Modernism (Art)
Kunst
Typografie
Fotografie
Modernism (konst) Europa.
Modernism in art Exhibitions.
Artists Europe History.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Europe History Exhibitions.
Europe

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Witkovsky, Matthew S., 1967-
Ash, Jared.
Art Institute of Chicago.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 274057
Call No.: BIB 207816
Status: Available

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