The Howard L. and Muriel Weingrow Collection of Avant-Garde Art and Literature at Hofstra University

The Howard L. and Muriel Weingrow Collection of Avant-Garde Art and Literature at Hofstra University
Author:
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1985-11-14
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The Howard L. and Muriel Weingrow Collection consists of approximately 4,000 items including original illustrated books, periodicals, exhibition catalogues, pamphlets, posters, manuscripts, letters, and original prints representing most of the major avant-garde movements of the twentieth century. It provides important information on primary and secondary works of related movements as well as themes of interest and concern to modern artists and writers. This catalogue is divided into two sections. Part One deals with all material excluding periodicals, which are covered in Part Two. Authors and/or artists are listed alphabetically. Each item is identified in terms of its movement. A description of its size and contents; information on special features of the publication, such as paper, binding, and edition; and other pertinent data concerning materials inherent in the book, periodical, catalogue, or object are provided. The reproductions included are representative of original materials found in the various publications included in this collection.

Apollinaire and the International Avant-Garde

Apollinaire and the International Avant-Garde
Author: Willard Bohn
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780791431955

This literary history examines Guillaume Apollinaire's reception and influence in the Western hemisphere during the early twentieth century. Ir identifies and reconstructs major literary and art historical paths of development, about which surprisingly little is known. In particular, it discusses Apollinaire's reception and formative influence in North America, England, Germany, Spain, Argentina, and Mexico, and includes important documents by Apollinaire himself that have not appeared in print until now. "Bohn brings together a worldwide network of writers, artists, and critics to reveal the role and centrality of Apollinaire as the icon of Parisian modernism, cult figure of the avant-garde, poet with a new series of techniques, esthetician of the New, innovator of modern culture, and literary and cultural arbiter of his generation. "This is Rezeptionsesthetik in its most intense form. It is the definitive reference book for checking on who had any dealings with Apollinaire, the man or his work, and French modernism in English, German, Spanish or Catalan linguistic and cultural domains in both the Old and New Worlds. Bohn's translations from the various languages he commands are superb and prove that he is always working from source material. His text is simply a tour de force, a virtuoso performance". -- Seth L. Wolitz, University of Texas, Austin "Given the centrality of French poetry for European and New World poetry since Baudelaire, one simply cannot overstate Apollinaire's role in the evolution of the most advanced poetry written throughout Europe and North and South America since circa 1900. However, no one before has tracked his impact on avant-garde circles outsideFrance with so much attention to the specifics involved. Bohn has emerged as the dean of Apollinaire studies in North America; thus everything he has to say about the poet has the ring of absolute authority". -- Robert W. Greene, State University of New York, Albany

Chocolate

Chocolate
Author: Alex Szogyi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 241
Release: 1997-12-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313370397

Chocolate has been one of mankind's obsessions for centuries. The history of cacao and chocolate-making leads from Mexico to Spain and then France, Austria, Switzerland, and Belgium, while its consumption is universal. This collection examines chocolate's history as well as its use in literature, art, music, and folklore, as a subject for psychology and childrearing, and as an important product for business. In addition, recipes for novel and tasty uses of chocolate are provided. While chocolate may be seen as food of the gods, it is consumed around the world by all ages and classes. This is an intriguing book for scholars in many fields and for those interested in the history of food and their favorite sweet.

Humanities

Humanities
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1987
Genre: Humanities
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Humanities

Humanities
Author: National Endowment for the Humanities
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1987
Genre: Education, Humanistic
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Displaying the Marvelous

Displaying the Marvelous
Author: Lewis Kachur
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780262611824

How the exhibition spaces of Surrealism anticipated installation art.