How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art / Edition 1

by Serge Guilbaut, Arthur Goldhammer

Overview

"A provocative interpretation of the political and cultural history of the early cold war years. . . . By insisting that art, even art of the avant-garde, is part of the general culture, not autonomous or above it, he forces us to think differently not only about art and art history but about society itself."—New York Times Book Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226310398
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	04/15/1985
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Serge Guilbaut is professor and department head in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia.

Arthur Goldhammer is an award-winning translator who has translated books by Georges Duby, Jacques Le Goff, and Jean Starobinski.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. New York, 1935-1941: The De-Marxization of the Intelligentsia
2. The Second World War and the Attempt to Establish an Independent American Art
3. The Creation of an American Avant-Garde, 1945-1947
4. Success: How New York Stole the Notion of Modernism from the Parisians, 1948
5. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index