The first comprehensive survey of the Zurich Concretists, Switzerland's legendary Modernist art movement.

This is a new release of the original 1961 edition.

A unique exploration of the close relationship between art and design, explored through the historic and contemporary fabric designs of Liberty, where avant-garde art has influenced the colourful, geometric collections…

The book discusses the unprecedented influence of Richard Wagner's operas on a number of prominent avant-garde artists of the late nineteenth century.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, radical women’s movements and the avant-gardes were often in contact with one another. Jill Richards argues that these movements were deeply interconnected…

A study of anarchism in twentieth-century France during the interwar years. Focuses on anarchist demands for personal autonomy and sexual liberation. Argues that these ideals, as well as anarchist hatred…

Through the Looking Glass examines John Cage’s interactions and collaborations with avant-garde filmmakers, and in turn seeks out the implications of the audiovisual experience on Cage’s career. The examples chosen…