Primitivism in Modern Art / Robert Goldwater.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldwater, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Primitivism in art.

Art, Modern--19th century.

Art, Modern.

Art, Modern--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Enl. ed. Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This now classic study maps the profound effect of primitive art on modern, as well as the primitivizing strain in modern art itself. Robert Goldwater describes how and why works by primitive artists attracted modern painters and sculptors, and he delineates the differences between what is truly primitive or archaic and what intentionally embodies such elements. His analysis distinguishes the romanticism of Gauguin; an emotional primitivism exemplified by the Brücke and Blaue Reiter groups in Germany; the intellectual primitivism of Picasso and Modigliani; and a "primitivism of the subconscious" in Miró, Klee, and Dali. Two of Goldwater's related essays-"Judgments of Primitive Art, 1905-1965" and "Art History and Anthropology"-have been added for this new paperback edition.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Publisher's Note to the Enlarged Edition

Preface to the Revised Edition

Introduction

I Primitive Art in Europe

II The Preparation

III Romantic Primitivism

IV Emotional Primitivism

V Intellectual Primitivism

VI The Primitivism of the Subconscious

VII Primitivism in Modern Sculpture

VIII A Definition of Primitivism

IX Judgments of Primitive Art, 1905-1965

X Art History and Anthropology: Some Comparisons of Methodology

Appendix

The Publications of Robert Goldwater (1907-1973)

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-28188-8

OCLC:

1013955351