The Shock of the NewAn illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end. |
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... Glass Bead Game ) . Moreover , to imaginations lacerated by the horrors of World War I , the ideal of glass architecture had a special meaning : a world remade of glass would have evolved beyond throwing stones - or artillery shells . Glass ...
... Glass Bead Game ) . Moreover , to imaginations lacerated by the horrors of World War I , the ideal of glass architecture had a special meaning : a world remade of glass would have evolved beyond throwing stones - or artillery shells . Glass ...
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... Glass colours stay . The joy of colour Is only in glass - culture . Larger than a diamond Is the glass - house's double wall . Glass brings a new age- Brick buildings are depressing . Such was the drama of emotion , hope , and ...
... Glass colours stay . The joy of colour Is only in glass - culture . Larger than a diamond Is the glass - house's double wall . Glass brings a new age- Brick buildings are depressing . Such was the drama of emotion , hope , and ...
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... glass . . . . No noodles or armoured turrets . A construction of girders that carry the weight , and walls that carry no weight . . . buildings consisting of skin and bones . " There was no room in this scheme for individual fantasy ...
... glass . . . . No noodles or armoured turrets . A construction of girders that carry the weight , and walls that carry no weight . . . buildings consisting of skin and bones . " There was no room in this scheme for individual fantasy ...
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