Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction - The Early Twentieth Century

Gill Perry, Francis Frascina, Charles Harrison

Paperback (01 Apr 1993)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Presents a survey of art from the first two decades of the 20th century. The volume explores the invocation of the primitive at the end of the 19th century, analyzes Cubist works based on semiotic theory, and considers some problems of interpretation and evolution posed by some specific examples.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780300055160
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Imprint:	Yale University Press
Pub date:	01 Apr 1993
Language:	English
Number of pages:	280
Weight:	822g
Height:	255mm
Width:	194mm
Spine width:	18mm