Modern times, modern places / Peter Conrad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conrad, Peter, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--20th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Arts, Modern--20th century.

Arts, Modern.

Physical Description:

752 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1999.

Summary:

The world has changed in the twentieth century more radically and rapidly than ever before. All our previous assumptions have been overturned; science and technology have tom us from the past, promising even to redesign humanity. In this book of monumental authority, breadth, and acuity, the celebrated critic Peter Conrad brilliantly explores modern times through the arts and identifies the modern places -- Vienna, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo -- that have been the successive frontiers of change and experimentation.

Notes:

Includes index.

"Originally published in Great Britain by Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London, in 1998"--T.p. verso.

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

037540113X

0375701052

OCLC:

38602325