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Picasso Picasso Pierre Daix,Jean-Louis Andral,Pablo Picasso In 1946, when Picasso received the offer to use one of the great rooms in the castle at Antibes as a studio, he exclaimed enthusiastically: “I'm not only going to paint, I'll decorate the museum too.… OL145191W
Avant-garde film Avant-garde film Dietrich Scheunemann,Alexander Graf xi, 405 p. : 23 cm OL16938843W
Art and Knowledge Art and Knowledge Young, James O. This is an interesting, as well as controversial, exploration of what art is and why it is valuable. Young reflects on the essence of art and argues that it provides insight into human nature. This t… OL16989715W
The bride & the bachelors The bride & the bachelors Calvin Tomkins An excellent book from the 1960s that thoughtfully profiles Duchamp, Tinguely, Cage, Rauschenberg, and Merce Cunningham, from the longtim writer for *The New Yorker.* Still useful, neither fawning no… OL1889616W
Okkultismus und Avantgarde Okkultismus und Avantgarde Veit Loers,Ingrid Ehrhardt,Bernd Apke 815 p. : 31 cm OL19226908W
Russian book art, 1904-2005 Russian book art, 1904-2005 Annie de Coster This publication accompanies the exhibition Russian Book Art, 1904 - 2005 in the Bibliotheca Wittockiana in Brussels. The exhibition is part of the 2005 Europalia Festival. Russian Book Art, 1904 –… OL19515884W
Art and China after 1989 Art and China after 1989 Philip Tinari,Alexandra Munroe,Hanru Hou Published on the occasion of the largest exhibition of contemporary art from China ever mounted in North America, organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 'Art and China after 1989: Theater of … OL19731696W
The revolution is dead - long live the revolution! The revolution is dead - long live the revolution! Nina Zimmer,Michael Baumgartner,Ian Pepper,Kathleen Bühler,Rebecca van Dyck The point of departure for the present publication is the strikingly innovative artistic spirit of the Russian avant-garde, along with the "Socialist Realism" that became established after the revolu… OL19731707W
Feminist avant-garde Feminist avant-garde Gabriele Schor "With greater energy than any artistic movement before, the feminist avant-garde of the 1970s deconstructed society's image of womanhood, dismantling centuries' worth of projections, stereotypes, and… OL20050714W
The sixth sense of the avant-garde The sixth sense of the avant-garde Irina Sirotkina "The touch and movement senses have a large place in the modern arts. This is widely discussed and celebrated, often enough as if it represents a breakthrough in a primarily visual age. This book tur… OL20052840W
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Lucius Grisebach,Wolfgang Henze,Thomas Roske,Thorsten Sadowsky "Als treibende und radikalste Kraft der Künstlergemeinschaft 'Brücke' begann Ernst Ludwig Kirchner einie Karriere, die ihn zu einem der bedeutendsten Vertreter des deutschen Expressionismus werden li… OL20153092W
The aesthetics of matter The aesthetics of matter Sascha Bru,Benedikt Hjartarson,Sarah Posman,David Ayers,Anne Reverseau This volume proposes an in-depth exploration of the materiality of art and writing in modernism and the avant-garde. The essays explore how the avant-gardes and modernism attempted to establish the m… OL22644776W
Otten Kunstraum Otten Kunstraum Konstantinow, Alexander, Adamer, Ingrid, Wladimirowitsch, Dimitri S. 119 pages : 25 cm OL31220585W
Narrativa de vanguardia, identidad y conflicto social Narrativa de vanguardia, identidad y conflicto social José Alberto de la Fuente A. 341 pages ; 24 cm OL33088156W
Art attack Art attack Marc Aronson Discusses the arts, life styles, politics, and fashions while tracing the story of bohemians, radicals, hipsters, and hippies from Paris in the nineteenth century to contemporary America. OL477919W
What is poetry What is poetry Daniel Kane 185 p. : 24 cm OL4807380W
Staging Gertrude Stein Staging Gertrude Stein Leslie Atkins Durham viii, 182 pages : 22 cm OL5849257W
Wendingen Wendingen Martijn F. Le Coultre "With its first issues in January of 1918 Wendingen set a new standard in arts publishing. In its combination of rigorous thinking about the world of contemporary arts and its exquisite design and pr… OL5937129W
Paratextual communities Paratextual communities Susan Vanderborg "Susan Vanderborg examines the role of paratexts - notes, prefaces, marginalia, and source documents - in shaping the reading communities for American experimental poetry published since 1950." "Vand… OL7797797W
Wolfgang Paalen Wolfgang Paalen Amy Winter "Critic and artist Wolfgang Paalen was a highly influential figure in the culture of the 20th-century Modernist movements. His work significantly informed Abstract Expressionism and his periodical DY… OL9370422W
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