A
fresh
view
of American cultural storm centers-a
boole
·which
cuts through today's
"sludge
of sentimentality,
cliches
and
myths".
AMONG THE
CONTRIBUTORS
I
Manny Farber
Milton Klonsky
Bernard Wolfe
Elizabeth Hardwick
Anatole Broyard
Lionel Trilling
Clement Greenberg
Harvey Swados
Robert Warshaw
William S. Poster
Harold Rosenberg
Weldon Kees
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
William Barrett
and 10 others
The Scene
Before You
By CHANDLER BROSSARD
2 4
lively, controversial and often dev–
astating essays that will set off
sound, fury and many an all-night discus–
sion about: science and sex ... movies, TV
and comics ... Greenwich Village ...
painting, music, politics ... No academic
hacks or high-pressure commentators al–
lowed. This is ' fearless young America
talking.
$4.00 at all booksellers
RINEHART
&
CO., N. Y. 16
AMERICAN PAINTING
from the Armory Show
to the Depression
BY MILTON W. BROWN
The first thorough study of the impact of modern art on America!
Using unprecedented source material, the author tells the story of
the Armory Show that shocked the America of 1913 into awareness
of the new movements in art ... and the 16 year conflict between
conservatism and modernism that followed. An exciting contribu–
tion to the art history of our time, with reproductions of 155
works by contemporary masters.
Size, 8
liz
xU". 264 pages. $15
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Princeton, New Jersey
