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Sport and modernism in the visual arts in Europe, c. 1909-39 /Bernard Vere.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526126818
  • 9781526126801
  • 9781526136268
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • N8250 .S667 2018
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Contents:
Subject: Sport fascinated modernist artists. They painted it, made films about it, watched it and wrote about it, while leading architects designed new stadiums. Through close study of key works, this book examines the ways in which modernists across Europe engaged with arguably the most pervasive cultural form of the first half of the twentieth century.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: why sport?; 1 The man-machine: the modern sports of cycling and motor racing; 2 Adversarial modernisms: the spectacle of boxing and the geometry of tennis; 3 Oval balls and cubist players: French paintings of rugby; 4 Of gods and men: the Olympic games and its rivals; 5 The stadium has carried the day against the art museum; Conclusion: body politics; Select bibliography; Index; Color Plates.

Sport fascinated modernist artists. They painted it, made films about it, watched it and wrote about it, while leading architects designed new stadiums. Through close study of key works, this book examines the ways in which modernists across Europe engaged with arguably the most pervasive cultural form of the first half of the twentieth century.

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