{"product_id":"metrics-of-modernity-sarah-neel-smith-9780520383418","title":"Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar Turkey","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this vivid portrait of the art world of 1950s Turkey, Sarah-Neel Smith offers a new framework for analyzing global modernisms of the twentieth century: economic development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After World War II, a cohort of influential Turkish modernists built a new art scene in Istanbul and Ankara. The entrepreneurial female gallerist Adalet Cimcoz, the art critic (and future prime minister) B?ent Ecevit, and artists like Aliye Berger, F?eya Koral, and Bedri Rahmi Ey?oğlu were not only focused on aesthetics. On the canvas, in criticism, and in the gallery, these cultural pioneers also grappled with economic questions--attempting to transform their country from a \"developing nation\" into a major player in the global markets of the postwar period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Smith's book publishes landmark works of Turkish modernism for the first time, along with an innovative array of sources--from gossip columns to economic theory--to reveal the art world as a key site for the articulation of Turkish nationhood at midcentury. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah-Neel Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520383419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520383418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 7.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Sarah-Neel Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046907146495,"sku":"9780520383418","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1eedee47-8114-44c7-8b78-2c4d4f10e9f7.jpg?v=1684987173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/metrics-of-modernity-sarah-neel-smith-9780520383418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}