Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and Modernism
Abstract
The book meticulously analyses the history of the critical reception of avantguard art through the interpretations received by one of its greatest emblems, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Picasso, 1907. Since Les Demoiselles has been considered over this century the true paradigm of Modern Art, this book is, fundamentally, a sort of synthesis of the discourses about Modernism from formalism, iconology, Leo Steinberg's 'Other Criteria’, sociological, the biographical and psychoanalytical theses, cultural and historicist and lastly, the impact of post-structuralism and the feminist, post-colonialist and transnational interpretations. The final chapter deals with the artistic versions of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon made by artists. It is an essay on the different versions and identities of Modern Art and Modernism that have been produced throughout the last century.
Keywords
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon; Modernism; Avantguard Art; Modernist CriticismDOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-656-8ISBN
9788855186568, 9788855186551, 9788855186575, 9788855186582, 9788855186568Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2022Series
Studi e saggi, 242Classification
History of art
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999