Modernism : a very short introduction / Christopher Butler

By:

Butler, Christopher, 1940-

Material type:

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 236Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xii, 117 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780192804419

Subject(s):

Contents:

The modernist work -- Modernist movements and cultural tradition -- The modernist artist -- Modernism and politics

Review: "Why do cultures depend so much on mythical illusions to the past? Could the bicycle chained to the gate next door be a work of art? How do human beings really think, when they are not speaking? How do high and low culture relate to one another? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butter looks at the many innovations created by Modernist thinkers and artists, showing how powerful ideas and formal experiment have produced the music, painting, and literature which has informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life."

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-114) and index

The modernist work -- Modernist movements and cultural tradition -- The modernist artist -- Modernism and politics

"Why do cultures depend so much on mythical illusions to the past? Could the bicycle chained to the gate next door be a work of art? How do human beings really think, when they are not speaking? How do high and low culture relate to one another? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butter looks at the many innovations created by Modernist thinkers and artists, showing how powerful ideas and formal experiment have produced the music, painting, and literature which has informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life."