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Loading... Americans in Paris (1921-1931): Man Ray, Gerald Murphy, Stuart Davis, Alexander Calderby Elizabeth Hutton Turner
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"During the 1920s, when cultural exchange across the Atlantic suddenly became heady and reciprocal, Americans traveling to Paris found their americanisme embraced. The French avant-garde, fueled by tempos and freedoms, loved jazz and the visual elegance of Machine Age aesthetics. The American fascination with technology, which electrified their work, gave new charge to European art." "Paris welcomed Gerald Murphy, whose billboard-sized cubist icon dominated the 1924 Salon des Independants and launched a brief but briliant career; Stuart Davis, who explored the continuity between cubist painting, lithography, and jazz at the atelier Desjobert; Man Ray, who abandoned oils to begin "painting with light" in his movies and rayographs; and Alexander Calder whose wire circuses and portraits inspired critics to acknowledge art's inherent playfulness." "Americans in Paris documents the work and influence of these four notables of the avant-garde, who startle and delight us even today."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)709.73The arts Modified subdivisions of the arts History, geographic treatment, biography North America United StatesLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |