Loading...

Modernism and the museum Asian, African, and Pacific art and the London avant-garde /

By demonstrating that many of the concepts and styles associated with modernism were actually derived directly from cultures such as Japan, China, Korea, India, Egypt, Assyria, West Africa, and the Pacific Islands, this book provides an entirely new way of looking at the evolution of modernist art a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
Online Access:Click here to view full text
Description
Summary:By demonstrating that many of the concepts and styles associated with modernism were actually derived directly from cultures such as Japan, China, Korea, India, Egypt, Assyria, West Africa, and the Pacific Islands, this book provides an entirely new way of looking at the evolution of modernist art and literature in the West.
Item Description:On-campus only: no User ID or password required
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191595684 (ebook) :