American art between tradition and avant-garde -- Artists' writings and critical debates, 1920-45 / Charles Harrison -- Crisis of the avant-gardes and the return to order -- Aspects of dance in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century / Patrizia Veroli -- American art between the two wars -- Photography and art between the wars / Maria Gough -- Neue Sachlichkeit (New objectivity) and magic realism) -- The art of propaganda (1920-45) / Jeffrey T. Schnapp -- From the novecento italiano to the second generatiohn of futurism -- Films and arts from futurism to neorealism / Gian Piero Brunetta -- The international abstract front -- Decorative arts and decoration / Valerio Terraroli -- Surrealism -- Surrealism in America and the advent of abstract expressionism
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