The avant-garde in interwar England : medieval modernism and the London underground / Michael T. Saler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saler, Michael T., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernism (Art)--England.

Modernism (Art).

Art, Modern--20th century--England.

Art, Modern.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--England--History--20th century.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

History.

England.

Physical Description:

xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Avant garde in interwar England

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Summary:

This book addresses modernism's ties to tradition, commerce, nationalism, and spirituality through an analysis of the assimilation of visual modernism in England between 1910 and 1939. Specifically, The Avant-Garde in Interwar England explores the life of Frank Pick, managing director of the London Underground, whose patronage of modern artists, architects, and designers was guided by a desire to unite nineteenth-century arts and crafts with twentieth-century industry and mass culture. Author Saler demonstrates that modernism was widely associated in England with medievalism, and was also thought to have direct social, economic, and spiritual benefits for the nation.

Contents:

1 Framing the Picture 3

2 A "Warrior of the Kingdom" Frank Pick's City of Dreams, 1878-1915 25

3 Making It New Modernism and the North of England 44

4 Morris, the Machine, and Modernism, 1915-1934 61

5 The Earthly Paradise of the London Underground 92

6 Educating the Consumer 122

7 The Return of the Bathing Beauties, 1936-1941 148

8 The Demise of Medieval Modernism 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index.

ISBN:

0195119665

OCLC:

38295223