Harmony and dissent : film and avant-garde art movements in the early twentieth century /

Elder, Bruce

Harmony and dissent : film and avant-garde art movements in the early twentieth century / R. Bruce Elder. - Waterloo, Ont. : Lancaster : Wilfrid Laurier University Press ; Gazelle [distributor], 2008. - 462 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this work, R. Bruce Elder argues that the authors of many of the manifestos that announced in such lively ways the appearance of yet another artistic movement shared a common aspiration - they proposed to reformulate the visual, literary, and performing arts so that they might take on attributes of the cinema.

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Art and motion pictures.
Motion pictures and the arts.
Modernism (Art)
Art, Modern--20th century.
Motion pictures--Aesthetics.
Silent films--History and criticism.

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