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Esprit de corps

the art of the Parisian avant-garde and the First World War, 1914-1925

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An edition of Esprit de corps (1981)

Esprit de corps

the art of the Parisian avant-garde and the First World War, 1914-1925

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Analyzing the all-encompassing changes in modern art between the outbreak of World War I and the Paris Exposition des Arts Décoratifs of 1925, Kenneth Silver's study demonstrates how deeply involved the members of the Parisian avant-garde were in French society and its dominant values and relationships. The book examines a crucial episode in the story of modern art, and delineates the many ways in which art is interwoven with politics and propaganda, with fashion and cultural mythology, and with public policy and personal ambition. The author reinterprets some of the masterpieces of modern art--from Matisse and Picasso to Léger and Le Corbusier--and shows how their creators refer, consciously or not, to the cataclysms of the Great War and its aftermath.

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
504

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Subjects

Art and society Arts Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Experimental methods French Painting History Nationalism and art Painting, French Modern Painting Paris (france), intellectual life Art, modern, 20th century

Places

France Paris

Times

20th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: Esprit De Corps
Esprit De Corps: The Art of the Parisian Avant-Garde and the First World War, 1914-1925
February 1992, Princeton Univ Pr
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Cover of: Esprit de corps
Esprit de corps: the art of the Parisian avant-garde and the First World War, 1914-1925
1989, Princeton University Press
in English
Cover of: Esprit de corps
Esprit de corps: the art of the Parisian avant-garde and the First World War, 1914-1925
1989, Thames and Hudson
in English
Cover of: Esprit de corps
Esprit de corps: the Great War and French art, 1914-1925
1981
in English

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [476]-489.
Includes index.

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Princeton, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
709/.44/361
Library of Congress
N6850 .S56 1989, N6850.S56 1989

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiv, 504 p., 8 p. of plates :
Number of pages
504

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2185755M
Internet Archive
espritdecorpsart00silv
ISBN 10
0691040524
LCCN
89003735
OCLC/WorldCat
19352433
LibraryThing
716762
Goodreads
4482585

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3471061W

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