Harrison, Charles,  1942-2009. <br/><br/>
Primitivism, cubism, abstraction :  the early twentieth century / 
Charles Harrison, Francis Frascina and Gill Perry. 
 - 270 pages :  illustrations (some colour) ;  27 cm 
 - Modern art--practices and debates .
 - Modern art--practices and debates .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index.  
<br/><br/>Chapter 1: Primitivism and the 'modern' / Gill Perry -- Introduction: Primitivism in art -- historical debate -- Part 1: 'The going away' -- a preparation for the 'modern'? -- 'Clogs and granite': Brittany and Pont-Aven -- 'Pillaging the savages of Oceania': Gauguin and Tahiti -- Primitivism and Kulturkritik: Worpswede in the 1890s -- Part 2: The decorative, the expressive and the primitive -- The decorative and the 'culte de la vie': Matisse and Fauvism -- The expression and the Expressionist -- Expression and the body -- Chapter 2: Realism and ideology: an introduction to semiotics and Cubism / Francis Frascina -- Representation: language, signs, realism -- Art and semiotics -- Realism, ideology and the 'discursive' in Cubism -- Artistic subcultures: signs and meaning -- Chapter 3: Abstraction / Charles Harrison -- Abstraction, figuration and representation -- On interpretation -- Autonomy -- Kazimir Malevich -- Piet Mondrian.<br/> 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0300055161 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Primitivism in art. <br/>Cubism<br/>Art, Abstract. <br/>Art, Modern--20th century
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>709.04 HAR