Form as Revolt: Carl Einstein and the Ground of Modern Art

by Sebastian Zeidler

Book Overview

The German writer and art critic Carl Einstein (1885-1940) has long been acknowledged as an important figure in the history of modern art, and yet he is often sidelined as an enigma. In Form as Revolt Sebastian Zeidler recovers Einstein's multifaceted career, offering the first comprehensive intellectual biography of Einstein in English.Einstein first emerged as a writer of experimental prose through his involvement with the anarchist journal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801479843
• ISBN13: 9780801479847
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher