1900–1919: The Avant‑garde Movements

Volume 1 examines avant‑garde movements in the years between 1900 and 1919 ― the Fauves, the Cubists and others ― both as complex syntheses of nineteenth century artistic culture and as alternatives to the traditional language of figurative art. The period examined starts with emblematic moments such as the Great Exhibition in Paris, which opened a century of technological marvels, and closes with the end of the initial phase of the Dada movement and the foundation of the Bauhaus school.