Tag: modernism

  • Breaking the Myths

    Modigliani and His Models Royal Academy of Arts, London 8 July-15 October 2006 Amedeo Modigliani’s (1884-1920) premature death at the age of 35, as a consequence of bohemian excess, overshadowed a proper analysis of his work for many years. His…

  • Modernism: Designing a New World, 1914-1939

    Victoria and Albert Museum, London 6 April-23 July 2006 The catalogue promotion for this remarkable exhibition of early 20th-century design pioneers suggests that the contemporary built environment was ‘largely shaped by Modernism’. This is simply not true. The reality was…

  • Finland: Modern Architectures in History – book review

    The awakening of Modernism in the 1880s in Finland, as in other European nations, was first felt through the visual arts and literature, manifested (post-Charles Darwin) as a growth in interest in Naturalism and the perceived effects of an increasingly…