British Prints from the Machine Age: Rhythms of Modern Life 1914-1939 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500288372 ISBN 13: 9780500288375

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Examines the impact of Futurism and Cubism on British modernist printmaking from the beginning of World War I to the beginning of World War II

British Prints from the Machine Age is a profusely illustrated examination of the impact of avant-garde Continental influences on British printmaking in the years stretching from the First World War to the outbreak of the Second.

It features more than 100 lithographs, etchings, woodcuts and linocuts, ranging from radical geometric abstractions to forceful impressions of the first fully mechanized war and colourful Jazz Age images of sports, speed trials, and other contemporary diversions.

Clifford S. Ackley’s introduction takes stock of the art historical movement and is followed by lively, thematic discussions of the prints, an overview of the history and technique of the modern linocut, and short biographies of the artists. The images produced by these innovative printmakers powerfully embody the era's preoccupations with speed, machines, urbanism and other exciting new facets of modern life.

Table of Contents

Director’s Foreword • Preface by Stephen Coppel, British Museum Introduction by Clifford Ackley • 1. World War I • 2. Vorticism and Abstraction • 3. Urban Life/Urban Dynamism • 4. Speed and Movement 5. Sports • 6. Industry and Labour • 7. Entertainment, Music, Leisure • 8. Natural Forces • Appendix: Illustrated essay on technical aspects of linocut technique, by Stephanie Lussier and Rachel Mustalish

About this title

About the Author

Clifford Ackley is Senior Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500288372
• ISBN 13: 9780500288375
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Clifford S. Ackley