Classicism of the twenties : art, music, and literature

254 Pages·2015·1.099 MB·English

by  Ziolkowski, Theodore

Classicism of the Twenties

Classicism of the
Twenties
Art, Music, and Literature
theodore ziolkowski
The University of Chicago Press ó Chicago and London
theodore The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
ziolkowski is professor The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
emeritus of German and © 2015 by The University of Chicago
comparative literature at All rights reserved. Published 2015.
Princeton University. Printed in the United States of America
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isbn- 13: 978- 0- 226- 18398- 5 (cloth)
isbn- 13: 978- 0- 226- 18403- 6 (e- book)
doi: 10.7208/chicago/9780226184036.001.0001
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014029537
a This paper meets the requirements of ansi/niso
z39.48- 1992 (Permanence of Paper).
For Ilhi Synn
President, Keimyung University,
a student who became a friend,
in admiration of his achievements
in support of the arts and humanities
in South Korea and globally

Contents
List of Figures ix
Preface xi
part 1 the theory
1 Prewar Classicism 3
Classicism as Term 4
Classicism as Reaction 10
Prewar Classicism 12
An Ironic Retrospective 27
2 Classicism of the Twenties 35
Wartime Transitions 35
The Turning Point 44
The Dissemination 52
The Turn to Antiquity 60
part 2 the practice
3 Three Exemplary Figures 71
The Composer: Igor Stravinsky 73
The Artist: Pablo Picasso 91
The Writer: T. S. Eliot 109
Summary 120
part 3 test cases
4 The Writers 125
James Joyce 127
Jean Cocteau 131
Hans Henny Jahnn 135
Paul Valéry 139
5 The Artists 146
Giorgio de Chirico 146
Gino Severini, Fernand Léger, and Others 154
Francis Picabia 159
6 The Composers 163
Paul Hindemith 163
Alfredo Casella 175
part 4 conclusions
7 Classicism of the Twenties? 189
Notes 199 Index 231
Figures
figure 1 Giorgio de Chirico, Song of Love (1914) 43
figure 2 Pablo Picasso, Studies (1920) 94
figure 3 Pablo Picasso, Bacchanal with
Minotaur (1933/34) 102
figure 4 Pablo Picasso, Two Women Running on
the Beach (1922) 103
figure 5 Pablo Picasso, Three Women at the
Spring (1921) 105
figure 6 Pablo Picasso, Woman in White (1923) 107
figure 7 Giorgio de Chirico, The Joys and Enigmas of a
Strange Hour (1941) 150
figure 8 Giorgio de Chirico, Roman Villa (1922) 151
figure 9 Giorgio de Chirico, Departure of the
Argonauts (1921) 152
figure 10 Fernand Léger, Three Women
by a Garden (1922) 158