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The Legends of the Modern: A Reappraisal of Modernity from Shakespeare to the Age of Duchamp

By Didier Maleuvre
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By Didier Maleuvre
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What made art modern? What is modern art? The Legends of the Modern demystifies the ideas and "legends" that have shaped our appreciation of modern art and literature.

Beginning with an examination of the early modern artists Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and Cervantes, Didier Maleuvre demonstrates how many of the foundational works of modern culture were born not from the legendry of expressive freedom, originality, creativity, subversion, or spiritual profundity but out of unease with these ...

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Art, Architecture & PhotographyPhilosophyArt - History & CriticismMajor Branches of Philosophical StudyGeneral & Miscellaneous ArtArt Styles & PeriodsAesthetics & Philosophy of ArtArt - General & MiscellaneousModern ArtModern Aesthetics