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Greek Interwar Art and Design (1922-1939)

An Overview

Johannis Tsoumas (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

156 Seiten

2023 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-9365-7 (ISBN)

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The interwar period is one of the most interesting eras in the historical course of the European and Greek arts, characterized by great diversity and marked by the birth of the ideology of Modernism, but also by the search for Greekness in every manifestation. The socio-political developments in Greece during the years 1922-1939 activated a search for the distinct characteristics of the nation through art, as in this way a single national and cultural identity could be established. The amalgamation of ancient, Byzantine and traditional Greek art with modern European trends proved to be particularly fruitful and creative, especially through the multifaceted effort of great representatives of literature, art and culture in general of the famous generation of the 1930s who managed to give their work the special features of Greekness in a critical period of modern Greek history. This book, abounding in historic evidence and rich illustration material, constitutes a fully documented overview of Greek interwar art and design. It not only projects the irrefutable proof of the continuity of Greek art and culture from ancient times until the first years of World War II, but also sheds light on the continuity of Hellenism as a single national entity which remained genuine and intact through the multitude of sufferings experienced in the course of its history.

Johannis Tsoumas gained his MA in History of Design at Middlesex University, UK, in 1993 and received his PhD in the History of Art from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2002. He has many publications in various scientific journals to his credit, and he is the author of four books on design and culture: The History of the Decorative Arts and Architecture in Europe and America (1760-1914); The Emergence of Plastics Culture in Greece (1950-1970); Women in Greek Advertisements in the 1960s; and Japan and the West: Mutual Influences in Applied Arts (1540-1960): Seven Essays. He currently works at the Department of Interior Architecture of the University of West Attica, Greece, as an Art and Design Historian and a Fine Arts Tutor. His areas of research interest are nineteenth-century design, art and decorative arts history, and twentieth-century European popular, visual and material culture.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.04.2023
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
ISBN-10	1-5275-9365-7 / 1527593657
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-9365-7 / 9781527593657
Zustand	Neuware