Art in France developed in ways that were of paramount importance to twentieth-century art during the four decades between the Exposition Universelle of 1900 and the invasion of France in 1940. This enormously innovative and informative study of those developments breaks new ground by setting them within the frameworks both of their unstable social, political, and intellectual world and of the official and “independent” institutions of art.Christopher Green moves from the great Paris Exhibitions of 1900, 1925, and 1937 as representations of France and a critical examination of modern movements―Fauvism,Cubism, Surrealism―to the questions raised by artists’ relationships with the state, the critics, and the rapidly expanding dealer system, as well as the problems met by foreign and women artists making careers in France. In this context, he is able to develop a new analysis of innovation within the practices of artists ranging from Matisse to Picasso and from Duchamp to Dalí, one that pays attention to the reactionary as well as the radical. Major themes are tackled in fresh interpretations of the work produced within these unprecedented developments: modernity, in relation both to technological progress and to gender and social class; tradition and the idea of the nation around the twin traumas of the Great War and the rise of Fascism; and the assault against the ideals of both modernity and civilization launched by artists committed to “the primitive” and to the new, challenging notions of identity and sexuality derived from psychoanalysis.The book can be a starting point for newcomers to this important field and at the same time opens the subject up in new ways that will engage the more expert reader too. (view table of contents)

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The shocking poisoning death of Mr. Justice Stafford resurrects the murder, five years before, of Kingsley Blaine and the crucifixion of his body against a door in Farrier's Lane. Reprint. AB. PW. NYT.

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Discusses the weather in desert areas, surveys the plants and animals of the desert, and describes the life of people living there

A veteran pediatrician provides practical advice and information about all of the major issues and problems that arise during babys' first year, including postpartum depression, chronic crying, illnesses, and breast- vs. bottle-feeding. Original.

Product Description: The Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is arguably the most historically important clause of the most significant part of the US Constitution. Designed to be a central guarantor of civil rights and civil liberties following Reconstruction, this clause could have been at the center of most of the country's constitutional controversies, not only during Reconstruction, but in the modern period as well; yet for a variety of historical reasons, including precedent-setting narrow interpretations, the Privileges or Immunities Clause has been cast aside by the Supreme Court...read more

Product Description: Titled after the landmark 2003 National Evangelical Anglican Congress---the first such event in fifteen years---Fanning the Flame contains important material written specially for the occasion. Its theme of 'Bible, Cross and Mission' explores why each of these themes can rightly claim to be essential to our identity as evangelicals, and why each is crucial in a different way: * The Bible is God's Word from which we will not stray, by which we must live, and which we must proclaim...read more

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Product Description: Nicknamed "Le Douanier" ("the customs officer"), Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was in his early forties when he finally embraced his métier in painting, arriving with his independently achieved realism fully formed. Like Erik Satie, whom he resembles in what Roger Shattuck memorably called "tranquil self-confidence," Rousseau straddles the Parisian avant gardes at the turn of the century, admired by Redon, Gauguin, Jarry and Degas at the outset of his career, and championed by Picasso, Apollinaire and Delaunay towards its close...read more

A lavishly illustrated overview of the life and career of Henri Rousseau furnishes reproductions of many of his remarkable paintings of lush plant and animal life, along with detailed insights into his work, an interview with the artist, and critical analysis of his exotic artistry and its influence.

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Product Description: John Dwight (c.1633-1703), the first English master potter of personal fame, established a pottery in Fulham in the 1670s, and it continued in production until the 1970s. Excavation of the site has provided a wealth of material from the early years of the pottery, showing how innovative Dwight was...read more

Features French basics for immediate use, a guide to pronounciation, cultural advice, and vocabulary appropriate for such activities as shopping, dining out, and traveling

Product Description: A groundbreaking and richly illustrated study of the leading artist of the twentieth century. In this original and innovative book, Christopher Green explores how Pablo Picasso, through the manipulation of pictorial signs, explored ideas about the living and the dead...read more

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Explains the functions of maps and how distance, direction, and the depth of the sea are measured

Product Description: The letters of 2 Peter and Jude are sometimes overlooked, yet their message for today's church is timely and compelling. Today, as in the first century, Christians must guard against false guides who lead young believers astray and cause divisions within the community of faith...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)