The Shock of the NewA beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Page 159
... tradition within which a modernist art of pleasurable sensation has been made - an art which is rigorous and intelligent , rather than the mere evocation of agreeable feelings - is that of Symbolism : a tradition of equivalents ...
... tradition within which a modernist art of pleasurable sensation has been made - an art which is rigorous and intelligent , rather than the mere evocation of agreeable feelings - is that of Symbolism : a tradition of equivalents ...
Page 161
... tradition of modernist French poetry , from Baudelaire to Éluard . " A weakness of modernist painting nowadays , " Motherwell wrote in 1950 , " especially prevalent in the ' constructivist ' tradition , is inherent in taking over or ...
... tradition of modernist French poetry , from Baudelaire to Éluard . " A weakness of modernist painting nowadays , " Motherwell wrote in 1950 , " especially prevalent in the ' constructivist ' tradition , is inherent in taking over or ...
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... tradition of abstraction and extreme stylization , coupled with elevated spiritual meanings and didactic aims : the tradition of the icon . Add to that his love for folk art of almost any kind , from Russian peasant weavings to Bavarian ...
... tradition of abstraction and extreme stylization , coupled with elevated spiritual meanings and didactic aims : the tradition of the icon . Add to that his love for folk art of almost any kind , from Russian peasant weavings to Bavarian ...
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