Avant-Garde in Interwar England - Medieval Modernism and the London Underground

Zusatztext Saler's book, ought to make a permanent impact. It reveals, among other things, how much of the Medieval Modernist programme has been internalised by design historians and journalists. Michael T. Saler is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis. Klappentext This book addresses modernism's ties to tradition! commerce! nationalism! and spirituality through an analysis of the assimilation of visual modernism in England between 1910 and 1939. Specifically! The Avant-Garde in Interwar England explores the life of Frank Pick! managing director of the London Underground! whose patronage of modern artists! architects! and designers was guided by a desire to unite nineteenth-century arts and crafts with twentieth-century industry and mass culture. Author Saler demonstrates that modernism was widely associated in England with medievalism! and was also thought to have direct social! economic! and spiritual benefits for the nation. Zusammenfassung This text addresses modernism's ties to tradition, commerce, nationalism and spirituality through an analysis of the assimilation of visual modernism in England between 1910 and 1939. Specifically, the book explores the life of Frank Pick, managing director of the London Underground.

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• Authors: Michael T. Saler, Michael T. (Associate Professor of History Saler, Saler Michael T.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780195119664
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511966-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Cultural Studies, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, ART / Business Aspects, History of Art, British & Irish history, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Transport industries, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, ART / European / General, ART / Movements / Modernism