On Classic Ground: Picasso, Léger, de Chirico and the New Classicism, 1910-1930

Elizabeth Cowling, Jennifer Mundy

London, England: Tate Gallery, 1990. Softcover. White wraps. 264 pp. Color and bw plates. VG. Item #20016
ISBN: 9781854370433

Published to accompany an exhibition at the Tate in London, from June 6 to Sept. 2, 1990. Contents: Classicisms of transcendence and of transience : Maillol, Picasso and de Chirico / Christopher Green -- Sculpture in France and classicism, 1910-1939 / Patrick Elliott -- Pastiche and the use of tradition, 1917-1922 / Alexandra Parigoris -- Cubism, classicism and ideology : the 1912 Exposici©d d' Art Cubista in Barcelona and French cubist criticim / Robert S. Lubar -- Mediterranean classicism and sculpture in the early twentieth century / Marilyn McCully -- Models for the female figure in Catalan art, 1906-1911 / Teresa Camps -- Critical theories of Noucentisme, classicism and the avant-garde in Catalonia, 1906-1930 / Al©U’cia Su©Lrez -- Political rhetoric and poetic irony : the uses of classicism in the art of fascist Italy / Emily Braun. 'Classicismo pittorico' : Valori Plastici, magic realism and Novecento / Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco -- Classicism and tradition in Italian art of the 1920s / Pia Vivarelli -- Avant-garde and tradition : two sides of the same sphere / Mario Quesada -- Classical art : discovery, research and presentation, 1890-1930 / Robin Barber.