This study traces the origins of European modernism in Nineteenth-century Paris, examining every major avant-garde movement that sprung from this epicentre in the early Twentieth century: Expressionism, Dadaism, etc. In this wide-ranging overview Berghaus demonstrates a mastery of primary and secondary sources in several different languages.
Introduction: The Genesis of Modernism and of the Avant-garde Expressionism Futurism Dadaism Constructivism Epilogue: The Postwar Revival of Modernism and of the Avant-garde
