Vorticism and abstract art in the first machine age;2 volumes

2 volumes (592 pages) : illustrations (some color) bound in buckram, (as published) Includes indexes., in very good condtiion,CONTENTSL v. 1. Origins and development.--v. 2. Synthesis and decline. v. 1. The first stirrings of revolt : Lewis, Pound, and the Post-Impressionist Exhibition -- The impact of the Futurist and Cubist invasions on the English rebels -- Student unrest at the Slade -- Dissension at the Omega -- The formulation of a rebel group at the October 1913 exhibition -- The Cubist Room and the theories of Hulme -- The Rebel Art Centrer and Gaudier-Brzeska's emergence -- Hulme the critic and champion of Bomberg --Marinetti and Nevinson's role in provoking the arrival of Vorticism -- Blast No. 1 and the Vorticist aesthetic -- Vorticism's progress under the shadow of war. v. 2. Vorticism in practice : Lewis and Wadsworth -- Vorticism in practice : Roberts and Bomberg the Outsider -- Vorticism in practice : Etchells, Hamilton, Atkinson, Dismorr and Saunders -- Vorticism in practice : Gaudier-Brzeska --Vorticism in practice : Epstein and Rock Drill -- Nevinson at war, the New York Vorticist exhibition and Coburn's vortographs -- The Canadian Commissions, Group X and the death of Vorticism.

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ISBN: 0520031547

ISBN-13: 9780520031548

Publisher: Univ. of California Press

Year: 1976

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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