Post-Impressionism to World War II

Post-Impressionism to World War II is an exciting anthology of the best art history writings of the Post-Impressionist period. Several key essays by intellectual giants such as Benjamin, Greenberg and Burger knit together primary sources and classic, ‘canonical’ criticism. The volume also includes more recent critical interventions from a range of methodological perspectives, both well-known and less familiar. The result is an exciting chronicle of avant-garde practice during an especially creative, if volatile, period of history. The thematic organization of the volume— Manifestos,
Spirit and Subjectivity,
Mass Culture and Modernity,
Politics and the Avant-Garde, and Identity and Appropriation illuminate both the commonalities and contradictions germane to the period and foreground discussions that are explored in the introductory essays to each of the five sections. Pointing towards conclusions about the development of modern art in this period, Post-Impressionism to World War II provides a valuable, stimulating resource for students and teachers alike and offers some new perspectives on the established canon.