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Modernist America : art, music, movies, and the globalization of American culture / / Richard Pells



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Autore: Pells Richard H Visualizza persona
Titolo: Modernist America : art, music, movies, and the globalization of American culture / / Richard Pells Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven [Conn.] : , : Yale University Press, , 2011
©2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 498 pages)
Disciplina: 700.973/0904
Soggetto topico: Arts and globalization - United States
Arts, American - 20th century
Modernism (Aesthetics) - History - 20th century
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Modernism in Europe and America -- Painting modernity -- The globalization of American architecture -- Modernism in the marketplace -- From The rite of spring to Appalachian spring -- All that jazz -- They're writing songs of love -- "I was just making pictures" : from Charlie Chaplin to Charlie Kane -- Night and fog : from German expressionism to film noir -- The new wave abroad -- The new wave at home -- A method they couldn't refuse -- The global popularity of American movies -- Epilogue. The modernism of American culture.
Sommario/riassunto: America's global cultural impact is largely seen as one-sided, with critics claiming that it has undermined other countries' languages and traditions. But contrary to popular belief, the cultural relationship between the United States and the world has been reciprocal, says Richard Pells. The United States not only plays a large role in shaping international entertainment and tastes, it is also a consumer of foreign intellectual and artistic influences.Pells reveals how the American artists, novelists, composers, jazz musicians, and filmmakers who were part of the Modernist movement were greatly influenced by outside ideas and techniques. People across the globe found familiarities in American entertainment, resulting in a universal culture that has dominated the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and fulfilled the aim of the Modernist movement-to make the modern world seem more intelligible.Modernist America brilliantly explains why George Gershwin's music, Cole Porter's lyrics, Jackson Pollock's paintings, Bob Fosse's choreography, Marlon Brando's acting, and Orson Welles's storytelling were so influential, and why these and other artists and entertainers simultaneously represent both an American and a modern global culture.
Altri titoli varianti: Art, music, movies, and the globalization of American culture
Titolo autorizzato: Modernist America  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-05791-3
9786613057914
0-300-17173-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815124003321
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