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The modern ideal : the rise and collapse of idealism in the visual arts from the enlightenment to postmodernism / Paul Greenhalgh.

By: Greenhalgh, Paul.
Publisher: London : V&A Publications, 2005Description: 272 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 1851774696 (hbk.).Subject(s): Art, Modern | Idealism in artDDC classification: 709.04
Contents:
Part One: Defining modernity: 1. Modern style and the phases of modernity - 2. Science fictions, or the myth and reality of technology -- Part two: Idealist modernity: 5. Theories of the ideal: Describing and justifying simplicity - 6. The purity of style and biology of heaven - Conclusion: Postmodern, next modern
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709.04 FIE The humanistic tradition: 709.04 FOS 2016 Art since 1900 : 709.04 FOS 2016 Art since 1900 : 709.04 GRE The modern ideal : 709.04 GUA Art : 709.04 HUG 2005 The shock of the new : 709.04 HUN Modern art :

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267) and index.

Part One: Defining modernity: 1. Modern style and the phases of modernity - 2. Science fictions, or the myth and reality of technology -- Part two: Idealist modernity: 5. Theories of the ideal: Describing and justifying simplicity - 6. The purity of style and biology of heaven - Conclusion: Postmodern, next modern