Author: Fabre, Gladys C. et al.
Title: Leger and the Modern Spirit (1918-1931) : An Avant-Garde Alternative to Non Objective Art = Leger Et L'Esprit Moderne (1918-1931) : Une Alternative D'Avant-Garde a L'Art Non-Objectif
Description: [Paris], Societe des Amis du Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1982. Softcover. Gray paper wraps with wheel decoration on front cover, French flaps, 558 tabbed pp. many BW illus. some color illus.; weighs 3.5 lbs. Text is in English and French. Issued in conjunction with several 1982-1983 exhibitions considering modernism, as evidenced in the artwork of French painter Fernand Leger (1881-1955), his students, and others. With essays by Marie-Odile Briot, Gladys C. Fabre, and Barbara Rose. Includes illustrated examples by Leger and other artists. Contents: L'Esprit nouveau : its view of science / Marie-Odile Briot -- The modern spirit in figurative painting : from modernist iconography to a modernist conception of plastic art / Gladys C. Fabre -- American art and the modern theme / Barbara Rose -- Machines, airplanes, automobiles, trains -- The city, everyday life -- The industrial object, the everyday object -- Sports -- Purism -- The Modern spirit and the problem of abstraction for Léger, his friends and his students at the Académie moderne / Gladys C. Fabre -- Purist abstraction -- Shorter illustrated history of the Academie moderne : list of Léger's students from 1924-1931 / Gladys C. Fabre -- Cinema-audiovisual -- Publicity. G (Covers are slightly worn; pages are tanning lightly in margins; text and illus. are good.) .

Keywords: European Art ; Modern Art ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Art


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