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OverviewMarginal to Mainstream traces the near-miraculous progress of modern art in France in the first half of the twentieth century. Before World War One, it was a marginal phenomenon, largely absent from the museums, and bought and sold by a handful of second-string dealers; by the early 1950s it had been canonized as the representative form of the epoch. The triumph of modernism, and the simultaneous establishment of Paris as the crucible of modern art, were not the products of a coherent policy but of a stumbling and spasmodic process. France was the leading democratic nation in Europe, and it wanted its art to reinforce its prestige on the international stage, but no-one could agree how best to achieve this. The author shows how, amidst the policy squabbles and in-fighting of representative government, France fumbled its way towards an art of democracy, and in the process helped canonize modern art as the house style of democratic capitalism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Toby NorrisPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9781683932482ISBN 10: 168393248 Pages: 326 Publication Date: 30 October 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter OneArt and the National Interest in the Early 1920s Chapter TwoHome and Abroad, 1925-1931 Chapter ThreeModern Art and the Depression in France, 1931-1936 Chapter FourThe Mixed Message of Popular Front Cultural Policy Chapter FiveThe Triumph of Historical Modernism ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationToby Norris is associate professor of art history at Assumption University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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