{"product_id":"sculptors-against-the-state-mark-antliff-9780271092638","title":"Sculptors Against the State: Anarchism and the Anglo-European Avant-Garde","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSculptors Against the State \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the relation of anarchist ideology to avant-garde sculpture through an examination of three iconic artists whose work transformed European modernism: Umberto Boccioni, Jacob Epstein, and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Addressing such complex subjects as sexual liberation, homosexuality, the history of emotions, the ethics of violence, and tactics of nonviolent resistance, Mark Antliff demonstrates how sculptural processes were shaped by forms of anarchism calculated to foster a radical community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anarchist view that the State is a state of mind and a set of social relationships is a central theme Antliff uses to explore not only the art of Boccioni, Epstein, and Gaudier-Brzeska but the associated aesthetics of radical luminaries such as Oscar Wilde, F. T. Marinetti, and Ezra Pound. Taking Boccioni's \u003ci\u003eUnique Forms of Continuity in Space\u003c\/i\u003e, Epstein's \u003ci\u003eTomb of Oscar Wilde\u003c\/i\u003e, and Gaudier-Brzeska's \u003ci\u003eHieratic Head of Ezra Pound \u003c\/i\u003eas a starting point, Antliff argues that these sculptors saw the arts as a radical catalyst for an entirely new constellation of interpersonal relations and psychological dispositions--ones antithetical to those propagated by the State. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerfully argued and informed by extensive archival research, \u003ci\u003eSculptors Against the State\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new understanding of these artists, even as it sheds light on why contemporary anarchist theory is necessary for understanding the profound cultural impact modernism had during the twentieth century. Antliff's work will be of interest to students and scholars of modernist art and literature, and particularly those who study the intersections between artistic practice and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Antliff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271092637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271092638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 7.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Mark Antliff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072184938751,"sku":"9780271092638","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_358553e3-8660-496a-9f42-6edc2c8502d3.jpg?v=1685440444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sculptors-against-the-state-mark-antliff-9780271092638","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}