Sculptors Against the State: Anarchism and the Anglo-European Avant-Garde

by Mark Antliff

Book Overview

Sculptors Against the State considers the relation of anarchist ideology to avant-garde sculpture through an examination of three iconic artists whose work transformed European modernism: Umberto Boccioni, Jacob Epstein, and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Addressing such complex subjects as sexual liberation, homosexuality, the history of emotions, the ethics of violence, and tactics of nonviolent resistance, Mark Antliff demonstrates how sculptural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271092637
• ISBN13: 9780271092638
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.8" x 9.4"