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"This is a superbly illustrated and insightful exploration of the aesthetic impact of ancient art on 20th century art. An unlikely episode in the history of European Modernism is the alliance between the avant-garde and the antique forged by artists of impeccable radical credentials. This book focuses on the reinventions and transformations of antiquity in the work of four culturally and politically diverse artists between 1905 and 1935. In distinctly different ways, classicizing creations such as de Chirico's enigmatic piazzas, Picasso's post-Cubist women, Leger's mechanized nudes, and Picabia's transparencies reflect what the eyes and minds of these artists found so arresting in the arts of antiquity and how they made those arts modern. ""Modern Antiquity"" draws unprecedented attention not only to the aesthetic impact ancient art had on twentieth-century artists but also to the ways in which these artists shaped our contemporary experience of antiquity."

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The usefulness of these collected essays should extend beyond the exhibition for future readers. . . . Recommended. --Choice The book and exhibition show that far from offering a rigid and reactionary model, classical art inspired a range of engagements and through its diverse reinventions became an active force in modern art. . . . The book . . . has much to say to anyone interested in the reception of the classical world and classical art. --Anglo-Hellenic Review [This book] makes a solid contribution to the ongoing discussion about the survival of classicism in the modern world. --American Arts Quarterly

The usefulness of these collected essays should extend beyond the exhibition for future readers. . . . Recommended. Choice

The usefulness of these collected essays should extend beyond the exhibition for future readers. . . . Recommended. Choice

The usefulness of these collected essays should extend beyond the exhibition for future readers. . . . Recommended. -- Choice

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Christopher Green is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Jens M. Daehner is associate curator in the Department of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

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