{"product_id":"the-aesthetics-of-matter-sarah-posman-9783110317374","title":"The Aesthetics of Matter: Modernism, the Avant-Garde and Material Exchange","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt has often been argued that the arrival of the early-20th-century avant-gardes and modernisms coincided with an in-depth exploration of the materiality of art and writing. The European historical avant-gardes and modernisms excelled in their attempts to establish the specificity of media and art forms as well as in experimenting with the hybridity of the materials of their multiple disciplines. This third volume of the series \u003cem\u003eEuropean Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies\u003c\/em\u003e sheds light on the full range and import of this aspect in avant-garde and modernist aesthetics across all art forms and throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's contributions, written by experts from some 20 countries, seek to answer the following questions:  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat sort of objects and material, works and media help us to properly grasp the avant-garde and modernist \"aesthetics of matter\"? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow were affects, emotions and sensory and bodily experiences transferred and transformed in the experiment with matter? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow were \"immaterial\" things such as concepts of time changed in this aesthetic moment? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat \"material meanings\" were disseminated in the cultural transfer and translation of objects? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow did subsequent avant-gardes deal with the \"aesthetics of matter\" in their response to historical predecessors? \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Posman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110317370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110317374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Sarah Posman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46721352892671,"sku":"9783110317374","price":184.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57880126-4958-43d1-ab53-d29ea26eeb71.jpg?v=1742752606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-aesthetics-of-matter-sarah-posman-9783110317374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}