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Autore |
Saler Michael T. <1960-> |
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Titolo |
The avant-garde in interwar England : medieval modernism and the London underground / / Michael T. Saler |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999 |
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©1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-60256-276-8 |
1-280-47136-0 |
0-19-802812-1 |
0-19-534906-7 |
1-60256-808-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 242p. ) : ill., facsim., port |
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Soggetti |
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Modernism (Art) - England |
Art, English - 20th century |
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - England - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- 1 Framing the Picture -- 2 A "Warrior of the Kingdom": Frank Pick's City of Dreams, 1878-1915 -- 3 Making It New: Modernism and the North of England -- 4 Morris, the Machine, and Modernism, 1915-1934 -- 5 The Earthly Paradise of the London Underground -- 6 Educating the Consumer -- 7 The Return of the Bathing Beauties, 1936-1941 -- 8 The Demise of Medieval Modernism -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text is an analysis of the assimilation of visual modernism in England between 1910 and 1939 and looks at, in detail, the life of Frank Pick, director of the London Underground. |
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