Title Primitivism, cubism, abstraction : the early twentieth century / Charles Harrison, Francis Frascina, Gill Perry

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, in association with the Open University, 1993

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Description 270 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm Series Modern art - practices and debates Modern art--practices and debates. Contents Ch.1. Primitivism and the 'modern' -- Ch.2. Realism and idealogy -- Ch.3. Abstraction Summary This volume presents a survey of art from the first two decades of the twentieth century. The authors begin by exploring how aspects of the primitive were invoked by the rural artists' colonies formed in France and Germany at the end of the nineteenth century and by the work of the Fauves and the German Expressionists a few years later. The book then develops an analysis of Cubist works based on semiotic theory, considering the social and cultural values encoded in such signifying systems, and investigating the relationship between representation and ideology. The final chapter considers some problems of interpretation and evolution posed by specific examples of abstract art ranging from Malevich to Mondrian. ̃Publisher description Analysis Visual arts Abstract style Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Art, Abstract. Art, Modern -- 20th century. Cubism. Primitivism in art. Author Frascina, Francis. Perry, Gillian. Open University. LC no. 92050988 ISBN 0300055153 0300055161 (paperback)

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