Modernism: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Modernism: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192804419

ISBN-10: 0192804413

ISBN-13: 9780192804419

Edition: 2010

Authors: Christopher Butler

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Is a tower block, your unmade bed, your lavatory basin, or the bicycle chained to the gate next door a work of art? Why should a novel have a beginning, a middle, and an end; or even a story? Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life. Butler considers several aspects of modernism including some modernist works; movements and notions of the avant garde; and the idea of 'progress' in art. Butler looks at…

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List price: $8.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 7/29/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.49" wide x 6.85" long x 0.32" tall
Weight: 0.242