Fantasies of precision : American modern art, 1908-1947 / Ashley Lazevnick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lazevnick, Ashley, 1988- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Precisionism--United States.

Precisionism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Fantasies of Precision excavates the surprising ties that connected the loose contingent of artists that gave rise to the Precisionism movement, exploring notions of precision across philosophy, technology, medicine, and many other fields. Through its cross-disciplinary approach and unique blend of historiography and fantasy, Fantasies of Precision offers a comprehensive reevaluation of one of the defining movements of artistic modernism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Paradoxes of Precision

Chapter 1: The Extraordinary Fussiness under an Apparent Calm

Chapter 2: Graphical Communication: Morton Schamberg's and Charles Sheeler's Nonfunctioning Pictures

Chapter 3: Weapons and Scalpels: The Surgical Art of Georgia O'Keeffe and Marianne Moore

Chapter 4: Never Still!: Philosophical Still Life in Charles Demuth's Late Pictures

Chapter 5: The 157-Piece Mess

Coda: Precisionism through the Reverse Telescope

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

Color Plates.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Lazevnick, Ashley Fantasies of Precision

ISBN:

9781452969367

1452969361

9781452969350

1452969353