Townsend, Christopher.

Across the Great Divide : Modernism’s Intermedialities, from Futurism to Fluxus. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (225 pages)

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF IMAGES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- INDEX.

There’s nothing pure about modernism. For all the later critical emphasis upon ‘medium specificity’, modernist artists in their own times revel in the exchange of motifs and tropes from one kind of art to another; they revel in staging events where different media play crucial roles alongside each other, where different media interfere with each other, to spark new and surprising experiences for their audiences. This intermediality and multi-media activity is the subject of this important col.

9781443870207


Modernism (Art).
Art, Modern -- 19th century.
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
Art, Modern -- 21st century.


Electronic books.

N6494.M64 -- .A276 2014eb

700.4112