Main entry:

Robinson, William H., 1955-

Title & Author:

Barcelona and modernity : Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí / William H. Robinson, Jordi Falgàs, and Carmen Belen Lord ; foreword by Robert Hughes ; with contributions by Josefina Alix [and others].

Publication:

[Cleveland, OH] : Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006.

Description:

xvii, 524 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at The Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 15, 2006 to Jan. 7, 2007 and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mar. 7 to June 3, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-515).
Rebirth : the Catalan Renaixença -- Modernisme : painting, sculpture, graphic arts -- Modernisme : the quatre gats -- Modernisme : art and society -- Modernisme : architecture and design -- Noucentisme and the classical revival -- The age of the avent-garde -- Avant-gardes : the rational city -- Avant-gardes and Civil War.

Summary:

During the years after the September Revolution of 1868, Barcelona experienced huge industrial growth and emerged as the most politically and culturally progressive city in Spain. This book examines this period, when Barcelona also reigned as one of the most dynamic centres of modernist art and architecture in Europe.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780940717879 (casebound)
0940717875 (casebound)
9780940717886 (pbk.)
0940717883 (pbk.)
9780300121063 (casebound)
0300121067 (casebound)

Subject:

Art, Catalan 19th century Exhibitions.
Art, Catalan 20th century Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art) Spain Catalonia Exhibitions.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Spain Catalonia Exhibitions.
Art, Catalan Spain Barcelona 20th century Exhibitions.
Art catalan Espagne Bacelone 19e siècle Expositions.
Art catalan Espagne Barcelone 20e siècle Expositions.
Modernisme (Art) Espagne Catalogne Expositions.
Avant-garde (Esthétique) Espagne Catalogne Expositions.
Art catalan 19e siècle Expositions.
Art catalan 20e siècle Expositions.
Art, Catalan
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Modernism (Art)
Beeldende kunsten.
Bouwkunst.
Spain Barcelona
Spain Catalonia
Barcelona.
Art catalan Espagne Bacelone 19e siècle Expositions 20e siècle Modernisme (Art) Catalogne Avant-garde (Esthétique) Beeldende kunsten Bouwkunst Barcelona.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Falgàs, Jordi.
Lord, Carmen Belen, 1955-
Alix Trueba, Josefina.
Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012, writer of foreword.
Cleveland Museum of Art.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248484
Call No.: BIB 178023
Status: Available