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Fantasies of precision : American modern art, 1908-1947 /

"Fantasies of Precision excavates the surprising ties that connected the loose contingent of artists that gave rise to the Precisionism movement, exploring notions of precision across philosophy, technology, medicine, and many other fields. Through its cross-disciplinary approach and unique ble...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lazevnick, Ashley, 1988- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Paradoxes of Precision
  • Chapter 1: The Extraordinary Fussiness under an Apparent Calm
  • Chapter 2: Graphical Communication: Morton Schamberg's and Charles Sheeler's Nonfunctioning Pictures
  • Chapter 3: Weapons and Scalpels: The Surgical Art of Georgia O'Keeffe and Marianne Moore
  • Chapter 4: Never Still!: Philosophical Still Life in Charles Demuth's Late Pictures
  • Chapter 5: The 157-Piece Mess
  • Coda: Precisionism through the Reverse Telescope
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author