Modernism : the lure of heresy : from Baudelaire to Beckett and beyond /

• Main Author: Gay, Peter 1923-2015 (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Subjects: Μοντερνισμός (Τέχνη); Τέχνες, Μοντέρνες > 19ος αιώνας.; Τέχνες, Μοντέρνες > 20ος αιώνας.

Table of Contents:

• A climate for modernism
• Professional outsiders
• Irreconcilables and impresarios
• Painting and sculpture : the madness of the unexpected
• Prose and poetry : intermittences of the heart
• Music and dance : the liberation of sound
• Architecture and design : machinery, a new factor in human affairs
• Drama and movies : the human element
• Eccentrics and barbarians
• Life after death?
• Coda : And Gehry at Bilbao.