Modernism

Peter Gay

RRP: £20.00

Publisher: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

Publication Date : 01/11/2007

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A provocative long essay on the rise and fall and survival of modernism, from the great cultural historian and author of "Schnitzler's Century" and "Freud". It traces the influential movement from its birth in the 1840s to today, with illustrations.

Publisher's description:

Traces and explores the rise of artistic Modernism, the cultural movement that shaped the modern world, dominating western high culture for over a century. This book explores the modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed art, literature, music, and film with its assault on traditional forms.

ISBN: 9780434010448