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Pre-Modernism: Art-World Change and American Culture from the Civil War to the Armory Show
J. M. Mancini
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Description for Pre-Modernism: Art-World Change and American Culture from the Civil War to the Armory Show
Hardback. Proposes that the origins of modernism movement can be traced well into the nineteenth century. This book contends that several cultural developments after the Civil War set the stage for modernism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 799.
Speaking of the emergence of modernism, author Virginia Woolf famously said: "On or about December 1910, human character changed." But was the shift to modernism really so revolutionary? J. M. Mancini argues that it was not. She proposes that the origins of the movement can in fact be traced well into the nineteenth century. Several cultural developments after the Civil War gradually set the stage for modernism, Mancini contends. New mass art media appeared on the scene, as did a national network of museums and groundbreaking initiatives in art education.These new institutions provided support for future modernists and models for ... Read more
Speaking of the emergence of modernism, author Virginia Woolf famously said: "On or about December 1910, human character changed." But was the shift to modernism really so revolutionary? J. M. Mancini argues that it was not. She proposes that the origins of the movement can in fact be traced well into the nineteenth century. Several cultural developments after the Civil War gradually set the stage for modernism, Mancini contends. New mass art media appeared on the scene, as did a national network of museums and groundbreaking initiatives in art education.These new institutions provided support for future modernists and models for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691118130
SKU
V9780691118130
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About J. M. Mancini
J. M. Mancini is Lecturer in Modern History at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. She has published extensively on nineteenth and twentieth-century American history and culture.
Reviews for Pre-Modernism: Art-World Change and American Culture from the Civil War to the Armory Show
Winner of the 2008 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art "Pre-Modernism by J. M. Mancini is ... a beautiful, thoughtfully designed book... It is written by a historian venturing into one of the most hotly contested areas of art history
the origins of modernism. She does so with considerable verve and the result is a fascinating exploration ... Read more
the origins of modernism. She does so with considerable verve and the result is a fascinating exploration ... Read more