Degrees of Separation: Bohumil Kubišta and the European Avant-Garde
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Degrees of Separation: Bohumil Kubišta and the European Avant-Garde
W034685 | $95.00 / 10% library disc.
Marie Rakusanová et. al. Karolinum Press, Charles University, Prague, 2021.
726 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 27 x 24 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9788024647227
In Degrees of Separation, scholars from the Czech Republic, Canada, Germany, and Hungary take a new approach to exploring the work of one of Central Europe's most interesting modernist painters, Bohumil Kubišta. While many art historians have viewed Kubišta's work solely in the context of an idealized Czech canon, Kubišta did not identify with a nation-state clearly defined by ethnicity, language, or territorial reach. Taking a transnational approach that incorporates thorough topographical research, the authors attempt to redraw the map of European modernism by exploring the artist's subversive approach to the stylistic currents of his time. The book reveals the complex relationships within early twentieth-century Europe, as Kubišta and other Central European artists tried to balance their admiration for the dominant artistic trends coming out of Paris with their desire to find alternative forms of expression arising from local artistic and intellectual sources. The richly illustrated book features a wealth of documentation, including an exhaustive timeline with notes, a comprehensive inventory of Kubišta's works, and an up-to-date exhibition list.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Czech Republic -- 1900-1945 -- Painting --
Artist(s): Kubista, Bohumil
W034685 | $95.00 / 10% library disc.
Marie Rakusanová et. al. Karolinum Press, Charles University, Prague, 2021.
726 pp. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 27 x 24 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9788024647227
In Degrees of Separation, scholars from the Czech Republic, Canada, Germany, and Hungary take a new approach to exploring the work of one of Central Europe's most interesting modernist painters, Bohumil Kubišta. While many art historians have viewed Kubišta's work solely in the context of an idealized Czech canon, Kubišta did not identify with a nation-state clearly defined by ethnicity, language, or territorial reach. Taking a transnational approach that incorporates thorough topographical research, the authors attempt to redraw the map of European modernism by exploring the artist's subversive approach to the stylistic currents of his time. The book reveals the complex relationships within early twentieth-century Europe, as Kubišta and other Central European artists tried to balance their admiration for the dominant artistic trends coming out of Paris with their desire to find alternative forms of expression arising from local artistic and intellectual sources. The richly illustrated book features a wealth of documentation, including an exhaustive timeline with notes, a comprehensive inventory of Kubišta's works, and an up-to-date exhibition list.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Czech Republic -- 1900-1945 -- Painting --
Artist(s): Kubista, Bohumil
