Cubism and Culture

by Mark Antliff and Patricia Leighten

Book Overview

Often considered to be the seminal art movement of the twentieth century, Cubism initiated a pictorial revolution through its radical approach to image making, invention of the new media of collage and sculptural assemblage, and evolution toward pure abstraction. Scholarly yet accessible, Cubism and Culture reveals these profound formal innovations as integrally related to changes in French society. The authors first examine the movement's origins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500203423
• ISBN13: 9780500203422
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.3"