| Modernism on Sea: Art and Culture at the British Seaside Contributor(s): Feigel, Lara (Editor), Harris, Alexandra (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1906165246 ISBN-13: 9781906165246 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $50.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: This lively and intelligent collection of essays examines artistic responses to the British seaside from the 1930s onward, and includes writers and artists such as Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and John Piper. Although modernism is usually associated with the city, the authors show that it also has a vital relationship with the seaside. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Design - Architecture |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| LCCN: 2009504422 |
| Series: Peter Lang Ltd. |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.25 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Modernism on Sea brings together writing by some of today's most exciting seaside critics, curators, filmmakers and scholars, and takes the reader on a journey around the coast of Britain to explore the rich artistic and cultural heritage that can be found there, from St Ives to Scarborough. The authors consider avant-garde art, architecture, film, literature and music, from the early twentieth century to the present, setting the arrival of modernism against the background of seaside tradition. From the cheeky postcards marvelled at by George Orwell to austere modernist buildings such as the De La Warr Pavilion; from the Camden Town Group's sojourn in Brighton to John Piper's 'Nautical Style'; from Paul Nash's surrealist benches on the promenade in Swanage to the influence of bunting and deckchairs on the Festival of Britain - Modernism on Sea is a sweeping tour de force which pays tribute to the role of the seaside in shaping British modernism. The essays in this book were inspired by the 'Modernism on Sea' conference that was held at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea in July 2007. |