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What has been the significance of sport for the European avant-garde in the first half of the 20th century? From an international and interdisciplinary perspective we show the extent to which avant-garde art and culture was shaped by the dynamic encounter with modern sports.
Our focus lies on avant-garde artists, groups, movements and institutions across Europe (including Cubism, Futurism, Vorticism, Purism, Expressionism, Dada, the Bauhaus, Constructivism in Central and Eastern Europe), thereby unfolding the diversity of avant-garde responses to modern sports. The book in front of you includes fascinating readings in the fields of aesthetics, visual cultures, cultural history and politics and highlights why specific kinds of sport such as cycling, boxing and football became important for avant-garde movements and artists.
Our focus lies on avant-garde artists, groups, movements and institutions across Europe (including Cubism, Futurism, Vorticism, Purism, Expressionism, Dada, the Bauhaus, Constructivism in Central and Eastern Europe), thereby unfolding the diversity of avant-garde responses to modern sports. The book in front of you includes fascinating readings in the fields of aesthetics, visual cultures, cultural history and politics and highlights why specific kinds of sport such as cycling, boxing and football became important for avant-garde movements and artists.
Price: $126.00
Pages: 234
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
25 November 2021
ISBN: 9789004449855
Format: Hardcover
Andreas Kramer, Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has published widely on modern German literature, Expressionism, Dada, and the European avant-garde. Recent publications include the monograph Sport und literarischer Expressionismus (2019).
Przemysław Strożek, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Associate Researcher at the Archiv der Avantgarden, Dresden. He received his Ph.D. at his home institution. He publishes on and researches Central and Eastern European avant-gardes.
Przemysław Strożek, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Associate Researcher at the Archiv der Avantgarden, Dresden. He received his Ph.D. at his home institution. He publishes on and researches Central and Eastern European avant-gardes.