The liberation of painting : modernism and anarchism in avant-guerre Paris

The liberation of painting : modernism and anarchism in avant-guerre Paris / Patricia Leighten.

Author/creator	Leighten, Patricia Dee, 1946-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Copyright Notice	©2013
Description	xviii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject(s)	Painting, French--France --Paris --20th century. Modernism (Art)--France --Paris. Modernism (Aesthetics)--France --Paris. Anarchism and art--France --Paris --History --20th century. Art--Political aspects --France --Paris --History --20th century.

Contents	Introduction: Modernist heteroglossia -- Languages of art and politics: Salon painting, caricature, modernism -- The White Peril: Colonialism, l'art nègre, and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon -- A rationale of ugliness: Cubism and its critical reception -- Politics and counterpolitics of collage: Picasso, Gris, and the effects of war -- Abstracting anarchism: František Kupka and the project of Modernism -- Conclusion: A politics of form.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index.
LCCN	2012024218
ISBN	9780226471389 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
ISBN	0226471381 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	ND550 .L45 2013	✔ Available	Place Hold