20th Century Culture: A Dictionary of the Arts and Literature of Our Time

Item Number

NX456.B76

Author/Artist/Editor

David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

1991

Press/Publisher

Prentice Hall

Language

English

Description

This book, while making very little distinction between high culture and popular culture, reflects the extraordinary pace of cultural change in our time. It ties together the highlights of 20th century culture-the key people, works, ideas and movements in the arts and literature of the century from Australia, Austria, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latin American, Poland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, the United States, etc. Categories covered include actors and actresses, architecture, art and artists, art collectors and patrons, art criticism, ballet, cartoonists, illustrators and comic strips, classical music, comedians, comic strips, country music, cultural movements (beat generation, counterculture, Harlem Renaissance, modernism, social realism), dance, design, electronic and experimental music, entertainers, fashion, fictional characters, film, illustrators, jazz, literature, modern dance, music, opera/operetta, painting, philosophy (existentialism), photography, popular music, radio, sculpture, television, and theater.

Important Notes

Black and white illustrations. 

Keywords

Dictionary

ISSN/ISBN

0-13-210519-5

Availability

Available

OCLC

23080228