Burning the Box of Beautiful Things: The Development of a Postmodern Sensibility

by Alex Seago and Len Deighton

Alex Seago's book has been inspired by his desire to understand and discover the origins of postmodern culture in Britain. Arguing that postwar art schools provided a vital crucible for the development of a particularly English cultural sensibility, he focuses on cultural change at the Royal College of Art, London, during the 1950s and 1960s. The students' attack on the English "box of beautiful things" (a term used by a former student to describe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198174055
• ISBN13: 9780198174059
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.7"