{"product_id":"modern-classicism","title":"Modern Classicism","description":"\u003cp\u003eClassicismÕs prehistory begins in the Middle East in the 4th Millennium; from this point developing Ð via oral resurgences Ð in Egypt, Crete, Greece, Rome and Europe where it dominates Ð if challenged by the Picturesque Ð until the middle of the 19thÊcentury, when it slides into becoming a costume from when a new way, called Modernism, emerges; the two competing over the next century in a sort of peace, based on the failure of theÊtabula rasaÊand on discovering the vitality of the city as a beneficent chaos.ÊÊThere follows a sort of free-for-all, the weak and the strong embraced in a sort of dance.Ê\u003cbr\u003e\nBuried in this overview are passions of great intensity: LeonardoÕs ÒVitruvian manÓ, Bugs Bunny and DuchampÕs Òbottle-rackÓ.ÊÊ\u003cbr\u003e\nEnough time has elapsed to review this development, to understand this long tradition, to see how this tradition re-emerges as Modernism within Post-Modern Classicism at the end of the 20thÊcentury.Ê\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the 21stÊcentury, all bets are off!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44275522896033,"sku":"9780359326082","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1wr9286n-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1714084281","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/modern-classicism","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}