Esprit de Corps: The Art of the Parisian Avant-Garde and the First World War, 1914-1925 PDF
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ESPRIT DE CORPS ·BLANK.PAGE ESPRIT DE CORPS The Art of the Parisian Avant-Garde and the First World War, 1914-1925 l{ENNETH E. SILVER PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS Copyright © 1989 by Kenneth E. Silver Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Silver, Kenneth E. Esprit de corps : the art of the Parisian avant-garde and the First World War, 1914--1925 / Kenneth E. Silver. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-691-04052-4 (alk. paper) 1. Avant-garde (Aesthetics)-France--Paris-History-20th century. 2. Nationalism and art-France--Paris. 3. Painting, French-France--Paris. 4. Painting, Modem-20th century-France--Paris. 5. Art and society France--Paris. I. Title. N6850.S56 1989 709'.44'361-<lcl9 89-3735 This book has been composed in Linotron Bodoni Clothbound editions of Princeton University Press books are printed on acid free paper, and binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Paperbacks, although satisfactory for personal collections, are not usually suitable for library rebinding Printed in the United States of America by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey The title page is an adaptation of Bernard Naudin's cover for the Bulletin des Armees, 1915. Designed by Laury A. Egan For my parents, Raymond A. and Sylvia K. Silver and for my teachers, Carol H. Krinsky, New York University, and Robert L. Herbert, Yale University ·BLANK.PAGE "La culture nationale pure? Cela s'appelle l'onanisme." ELIE FAURE La Danse sur le feu et l' eau, 1920 ·BLANK.PAGE Contents List of Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx111 I "In the nightmare through which we are passing" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 II The Rewards of War 28 III Comme ilfaut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 IV Internecine Warfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 V Fluctuat nee mergitur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 VI Blue Horizons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 VII From Analysis to Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 VIII Perchance to Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 76 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
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