Esprit de Corps: The Art of the Parisian Avant-garde and the First World War, 1914–1923

TitleEsprit de Corps: The Art of the Parisian Avant-garde and the First World War, 1914–1923
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1989
AuthorsSIlver, Kenneth E.
Number of Pages504
PublisherPrinceton University Press
CityPrinceton, NJ
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In analyzing the changes in modern art between the outbreak of World War I and the Paris Exposition des Arts Décoratifs of 1925, the author aims to show that the Parisian avant-garde was deeply involved in French society and its dominant values and relationships. He reinterprets masterpieces of modern art, from Matisse and Picasso to Léger and Le Corbusier, demonstrating how their creators all refer, consciously or not, to the Great War and its aftermath.

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