Esprit de Corps: The Art of the Parisian Avant-Garde and the First World War, 1914-1925

by Kenneth E. Silver

Book Overview

In analyzing the changes in modern art between the outbreak of World War I and the Paris Exposition des Arts Dcoratifs of 1925, Kenneth Silver shows that the Parisian avant-garde was deeply involved in French society and its dominant values and relationships. He radically reinterprets masterpieces of modern art, from Matisse and Picasso to Lger and Le Corbusier, demonstrating how their creators all refer, consciously or not, to the Great War and its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691002924
• ISBN13: 9780691002927
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 10.0"