Cubism in the Shadow of War: The Avant-Garde and Politics in Paris, 1905-1914

by David Cottington

This groundbreaking book provides a major reassessment of the history and significance of cubism. David Cottington examines the cubist movement and sets it within the complex political, economic, and cultural forces of pre-World War I France. Cubism, as a part of the Parisian artistic avant-garde, played an integral role in the turbulent Belle Epoque. The author focuses on cubism s relation to the particular discourses--of nationalism, aestheticism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300075294
• ISBN13: 9780300075298
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 10.4"