Vere Sport and modernism in the visual arts in Europe, <i>c</i>. 1909–39

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2680-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Sport fascinated modernist artists. They painted it, made films about it, watched it and wrote about it, while leading architects designed new stadiums. Through close study of key works, this book examines the ways in which modernists across Europe engaged with arguably the most pervasive cultural form of the first half of the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vere, Bernard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Geschichte des Sports

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: why sport?
1 The man-machine: the modern sports of cycling and motor racing
2 Adversarial modernisms: the spectacle of boxing and the geometry of tennis
3 Oval balls and cubist players: French paintings of rugby
4 Of gods and men: the Olympic games and its rivals
5 The stadium has carried the day against the art museum
Conclusion: body politics
Select bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bernard Vere is Programme Director of the MA in Fine and Decorative Art and Design at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London