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Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar Turkey

Sarah-Neel Smith

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Description:In this vivid portrait of the art world of 1950s Turkey, Sarah-Neel Smith offers a new framework for analyzing global modernisms of the twentieth century: economic development.After World War II, a cohort of influential Turkish modernists built a new art scene in Istanbul and Ankara. The entrepreneurial female gallerist Adalet Cimcoz, the art critic (and future prime minister) B�lent Ecevit, and artists like Aliye Berger, F�reya Koral, and Bedri Rahmi Ey�boğlu were not only focused on aesthetics. On the canvas, in criticism, and in the gallery, these cultural pioneers also grappled with economic questions--attempting to transform their country from a "developing nation" into a major player in the global markets of the postwar period.Smith's book publishes landmark works of Turkish modernism for the first time, along with an innovative array of sources--from gossip columns to economic theory--to reveal the art world as a key site for the articulation of Turkish nationhood at midcentury.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar Turkey. To get started finding Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar Turkey, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 232

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of California Press

Release: 2022

ISBN: 0520385926

Description: In this vivid portrait of the art world of 1950s Turkey, Sarah-Neel Smith offers a new framework for analyzing global modernisms of the twentieth century: economic development.After World War II, a cohort of influential Turkish modernists built a new art scene in Istanbul and Ankara. The entrepreneurial female gallerist Adalet Cimcoz, the art critic (and future prime minister) B�lent Ecevit, and artists like Aliye Berger, F�reya Koral, and Bedri Rahmi Ey�boğlu were not only focused on aesthetics. On the canvas, in criticism, and in the gallery, these cultural pioneers also grappled with economic questions--attempting to transform their country from a "developing nation" into a major player in the global markets of the postwar period.Smith's book publishes landmark works of Turkish modernism for the first time, along with an innovative array of sources--from gossip columns to economic theory--to reveal the art world as a key site for the articulation of Turkish nationhood at midcentury.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar Turkey. To get started finding Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar Turkey, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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