Pre-Modernism Art-World Change and American Culture from the Civil War to the Armory Show

Name: Pre-Modernism Art-World Change and American Culture from the Civil War to the Armory Show
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ISBN: 9780691118130

ISBN-10: 0691118132

ISBN-13: 9780691118130

Edition: 2005

Authors: J. M. Mancini

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Speaking of the emergence of modernism, author Virginia Woolf famously said: "On or about December 1910, human character changed." But was the shift to modernism really so revolutionary? J. M. Mancini argues that it was not. She proposes that the origins of the movement can in fact be traced well into the nineteenth century. Several cultural developments after the Civil War gradually set the stage for modernism, Mancini contends. New mass art media appeared on the scene, as did a national network of museums and groundbreaking initiatives in art education.These new institutions provided support for future modernists and models for the creators of the avant-garde. Simultaneously, art critics…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/14/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.19" wide x 10.16" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Introduction: Interrogating Modernism



Modern Art and Modern Art: From the Christmas Card to the Avant-Garde



Building an American Art World



Professionalism and a New Aesthetic Order



The Armory Show in Critical Perspective



Camera ork : Organizing the Avant-Garde



Continuity and Rupture


Postscript: Pre-Modernism and Postmodernism: Reflections on the Tilted Arc Crisis


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index


Photography Credits