Biocentrism and Modernism (Paperback)

Examining the complex intersections between art and scientific approaches to the natural world, Biocentrism and Modernism reveals another side to the development of Modernism. While many historians have framed this movement as being mechanistic and "against" nature, the essays in this collection illuminate the role that nature-centric ideologies played in late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth-century Modernism. The essays in Biocentrism and Modernism contend that it is no accident that Modernism arose at the same time as the field of modern biology. From nineteenth-century discoveries, to the emergence of the current environmentalist movement during the 1960s, artists, architects, and urban planners have responded to currents in the scientific world. Sections of the volume treat both philosophic worldviews and their applications in theory, historiography, and urban design. This collection also features specific case studies of individual artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Jackson Pollock.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2017
First published:	2011
Editors:	Oliver A.I. Botar
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-26809-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-26809-7
Barcode:	9781138268098

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