Rhythms of modern life : British prints, 1914-1939 / edited by Clifford S. Ackley, with contributions by Stephen Coppel [and others].
Ackley, Clifford S.; Coppel, Stephen.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.; Wolfsonian-Florida International University.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
2008
NE628.4 .R58 2008 (Mapit)
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Title Rhythms of modern life : British prints, 1914-1939 / edited by Clifford S. Ackley, with contributions by Stephen Coppel [and others].
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780878467242
0878467246
9780878467259 (pbk.)
0878467254 (pbk.)
Imprint Boston : MFA Publications : Museum of Fine Arts, ©2008.
Language English
Description 223 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number NE628.4 .R58 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 769.941090407441 22
Summary "Rhythms of Modern Life examines the impact of avant-garde Continental influences on British printmaking in the years stretching from the First World War to the outbreak of the second. Highlighting works by thirteen artists, it focuses in particular on the dynamic energy of C.R.W. Nevinson, Paul Nash, Edward Wadsworth, and David Bomberg (early followers of Italian Futurism and British Vorticism) and on the works of Claude Flight, Sybil Andrews, Cyril Power, and Lill Tschudi. The book features more than one hundred lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, and linocuts, ranging from radical geometric abstractions to forceful impressions of the first fully mechanized war to colorful Jazz Age images of sporting events, speed trials, and other contemporary diversions. Clifford S. Ackley's introduction takes stock of the art historical moment and is followed by lively thematic discussions of the prints, an overview of the history and technique of the modern linocut, and short biographies of the artists. Though largely unknown, especially in America, the images produced by these innovative printmakers powerfully embody the era's preoccupations with speed, machines, urbanism, and other exciting new facets of modern life."--Jacket.
Note Exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Jan. 30-June 1, 2008; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., Sept. 23-Dec. 7, 2008 and the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Nov. 21, 2009-Feb. 28, 2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-223).
Added Author Ackley, Clifford S.
Coppel, Stephen.
Added Corporate Author Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Wolfsonian-Florida International University.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Available in Other Form Rhythms of modern life.
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Vorticism and abstraction
World War I
Speed and movement
Urban life/urban dynamism
Sport
Industry and labor
Entertainment and leisure
Natural forces
Linocut: history and technique
The history and characteristics of linoleum block prints / Stephanie M. Lussier
Materials and techniques of the Grosvenor School artists / Rachel Mustalish.

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