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Modernism and the museum : Asian, African, and Pacific art and the London avant-garde
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard, Author.
- Series:
- Oxford English monographs.
- Oxford English monographs Modernism and the museum
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modernism (Art)--African influences--London--England.
- Modernism (Art).
- Modernism (Art)--Influence.
- Modernism (Literature)--Influence.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Art, Asian.
- Art, Pacific Island.
- Museums.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Modernism and the museum
- Oxford English monographs
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By demonstrating that many of the concepts and styles associated with modernism were actually derived directly from cultures such as Japan, China, Korea, India, Egypt, Assyria, West Africa, and the Pacific Islands, this book provides an entirely new way of looking at the evolution of modernist art and literature in the West.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 16, 2010).
- ISBN:
- 9780191595684 (ebook) :
- 0191595683 (ebook) :
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