April in Paris : Theatricality, Modernism, and Politics at the 1925 Art Deco Expo /

Attracting over fifteen million visitors, the 1925 Paris Expo had an ambitious goal to create a new modernist style which would reflect the great scientific, industrial, and technological advances that produced a new spirit known as "modern." In April in Paris, author Irena R. Makaryk expl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Makaryk, Irena (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Art Deco.
Paris.
Soviet.
avant-garde.
cultural politics.
international.
modernism.
space.
theatre.
world's fairs.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the Reader on Transliteration
  • Introduction. April in Paris 1925: "as important as the Renaissance"
  • Chapter One. Theatricalizing the City: Space, Modernism, and the Paris Expo
  • Chapter Two. April in Paris 1925: Staging the New Spirit
  • Chapter Three. Conquering Space: The Soviets in Paris
  • Chapter Four. Great Expectations: Space and Theatre Arts
  • Chapter Five. Trial by Space: Incarnating the Revolution
  • Chapter Six. Battling Traditional Space: Bringing Modernism from Paris to New York
  • Chapter Seven. Transformative Space: Into the Future
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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